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Here is the second blog with the tasks of our boys/men. Read them properly, then come back to the previous blog with girls´/women´s works and you can VOTE by ONE comment you will add there - ONE VOTE FOR THE GIRL SECOND ONE FOR THE BOY.

D A R K  K N I G H T

THE FIRST TASK

Human is a social animal. He has a natural tendency to be in a community. So he likes to be in company of friends. Maki

This blog is dedicated to my friend & my sister whose parents had passed away a few years ago.

" It has been so long, a decade and a half. I'd say your memories are fresh in my mind, But they are not, they've started to fade as time goes by. I have forgotten the feel of the word "mom" on my tongue and my lips. I cannot say it anymore. It kills me to say this word!
I cannot recall your face, or the way you used to talk, whenever I think about you I have to recreate the images and the sound of your

Dear Friends,

When i was between you for the first time ,EC was full of members unknown to me but sooner and later i became a part of  this chat room " some wished me welcome" some laughed at me making my jokes for one more indian stepped in .....yeaa  But it didn't bothered me slowly and gradually you all accepted me to be part of fun ,information ,topics , competitions and much more ........ i was and i am very happy .

But ,

Sometimes you know we don't take new members seriously ,we always take a

I was warned that somebody posed as me (Expector) in the chat room a few days ago. That's so annoying and intolerable. I wonder why they did that - they may have found it's fun to pretend to be someone, or they did it on purpose - just to cause trouble.  I've noticed that so many members complained about the situation in the chat room. Some members even left MyEC since they find some trolls' (or bad apples' or bad guys' or whatever you call them) misbehavior in the chat room is so unbearable. So

I guess I am going to let the cat out of the bag, for some of you night owls who spend most of your English Club time chatting and reading your friend's blogs.  But, English Club has much, much more than My English Club (our social media side).

If you have paid attention in the past, you may have noticed some of the helpful resources.  

Today I am reminding you about our sections on idioms.  

I am just scratching the surface of the offerings that are available. The idioms at this link are about ani

Many students are confused on how to properly use contractions in speech.  This is one of the most common errors that I see in my students, so I will explain how this should be done and give some examples of pronunciation. 

But first, let us remember that a contraction is a short form of a phrase in English and is most commonly used in informal speech and writing.  The phrase is shortened (contracted) by removing one or more letters, inserting an apostrophe in their place and making the phrase in

You probably learned the question words in English classes. They are sometimes called called the "Wh" words, to help students remember them.

Who,   what,   when,  where,  why and how are often called question words and most of them begin with the letters "wh".

Which of these words is your favorite and why?

Can you think of any other words that are usually found in questions?

I tell my students to look at the question word before they choose an answer on a test. If the question asks "when" they shoul

NOTE: EnglishClub.com is NOT associated with this contest. This contest is by members for members. ~ EC Admin

Hello the candidates and all EC members,

welcome to the first round of our competition Ms and Mr. EC 2014 !!!!

First of all let me say THANK YOU to all our brave candidates who decided to participate in this competition. You all have my big respect and I am sure not only mine. Do your best please and enjoy it all.

This is the complete list of our candidates :

T H E   G I R L S  / W O M E N:

Everybody in office is looking for an increment......................

Everybody has worked hard whole year........................

Increment with whom efforts measured

All are looking for a good hike

Let's see what will we get as a reward ....................................

Our Self Appraisals forms are already filled

One to one rounds are all over,

Who will get promotion, who will get demotion calculation all around.......................

Let's see what we get now......................................

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Hello again,

so let´s make a list of the candidates who will take part in the competition MS and MR. EC 2014.

Please, don´t hesitate to take part in it. It is just fun, nobody will cut your head, so take it all easy..

You can mention here in your comments the people who you would like to suggest and I will ask them to participate. So here we gooooo !!!!!!  

This is the list of the candidates

NOTE: EnglishClub.com is NOT associated with this contest. This contest is by members for members. ~ EC Admin

Hello all the candidates and the voters,

it is high time to come up with the rules and with the date we will start our competition Ms and Mr. EC 2014.  

Firstly, I want to say something very important - this competition is not so much about the popularity but about the character, so plz remember it all !!!

We already have some candidates, which you can check here: List of the candidates but

I didn't write this but absolutely love what this woman wrote. I just wish I knew who the original author was, so that the appropriate credit can goes to her.

It was shared in my Facebook wall, and I thought it depicted the absolute truth faced by women nowadays. To confine to what the media portrayed as an ideal woman. We, women, constantly need to uphold to certain image, which in reality ridiculous to achieve. I have to admit, sometimes I do longed for certain things when looking at those imag

Touch of finger

Once a Saint came across with Satan (Devil) and argued with him, “why you do all the bad deeds and cause violence amongst the mankind?”   “Me! No sir,” replied the Satan politely,  “I never do any such thing, I just have got the bad name for all the bad deeds happening in the world.  They are not caused by me.”

 “No, it’s you who is responsible of all the sins the mankind commit!” Retorted the Saint!

 “No, Sir,” the Satan repeated quite humbly, “I do not ask anyone to do anything w

I do not know how to begin this. It is a story about a fifty five year old man falling in love with a woman who is twenty years younger than him. First, I am wondering if that is possible or not! However, the experience is somehow strange and a bit complicated. It started on the internet. The internet and what will make you know the internet! They say it is a double edged weapon. It can cut both ways. Of course, you know what I am trying to say.

They were a teacher and a student. Suddenly it beca

Did you know that here and there are sometimes confusing to English learners? These words are selected based on distance from the person speaking. Did you ever get confused by here and there?

This, that, these and those are also confusing words which are based on distance and number, so I will quickly explain the differences between them.

If something is close it is here. If we can touch a book, we would say it is here.

If it is not so close it is there.  If a book is across the room we would say i

When I was a child our house was near a big park. There were tall trees in the park and I could see them easily, most of the time I went to the park and play with my friends. One day, I saw two birds that I don’t know what were called. They were like Dove but a little smaller. They made a nest on top of the tree near our house. I watched them every day and I enjoyed. Soon there were two eggs into the nest and I waited to hatch. But suddenly a crow came and ate them. The birds changed the place o

Hello all EC members,

I am coming here with one idea. Let me ask you if you would find interesting the competition called MISS and MISTER of the EC.

What it should be about?

1. NO BEAUTY, NO AGE LIMITATIONS. Since it is  easy to misuse some pictures from the internet, let´s put the beauty aside, moreover as we all know - beauty is something temporary.

2. The main point of this competition will be to find the most beautiful girl and boy with awesome CHARACTER. I am talking about the INNER BEAUTY.

3. The appl

CRYSTAL HEART

How strange the human psychology is! When we love, we yearn to possess whom we love, but when we find it beyond our power to get her/him for our own, and then our imagination gets activated and creates a world of our own desires where we do what we wish to do. When we wish to see our lover, she is there before our eyes, we make her laugh, and we make her cry. Our own longing makes her long for us as if she is not united with us, she will die. So as it happened to me. I am the dwelle

I have been overlooking something like this for last few weeks but lately I think I can´t stay quiet anymore. Call me old-fashioned, weird or just freaky but let me explain the situation.

Lately in the chatroom I came across many times the situation that people feel tired or bored of saying HI to all the members. To me this is something very abusive and I can say I find it arrogant.
When we enter the room, no matter what room it is – doctor, company,school etc. guess we all greet other people we a

In my opinion, introducing new techniques and approaches to language learning seem to be relevant these days.  This is why we, language teachers have to understand the implication of learners’ development to the need for lifelong language education. Therefore, communication skills should be worked on continuously.

 Firstly, teachers should introduce the new possibilities and reflect on engaging students in lifelong language learning. Secondly, teachers should look into the role of a coach/mentor