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iPhone Logged-out Again and Again

I have to log in many times a day even when I already have MyEC open in my iPhone browser! Still, the network makes me log in again because those tabs get logged out somehow and it forgets who I am while I'm still logged in. 

I need to use the iPhone

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Voting or not voting

Why do people make such an effort to have a chance to vote, maybe even protesting or fighting and dying for their rights...and then not vote 100% of the time?  

I've lived in many kinds of countries and I am amazed that some people will die for the ri

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Writing

Why do you write or why do you not write on EnglishClub?

Some of my friends do not write blogs or discussions. I see that some people only chat and use "Lazy English" instead of spelling out proper words. 

How can anyone help a person who does not try

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If you could

If you could write a blog with no effort at all, what would you write about?

What if you could just snap your fingers and a great blog would appear on your computer as if by magic? This would be a perfectly written and very interesting blog. Everyone

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TOEIC Exam, Important Words to Know

The TOEIC Exam (by Educational Testing Service) is a good test of English knowledge for business, the workplace and international communication.  I teach a lot of classes to expand the vocabulary of students who will take the TOEIC.

I recommend the Ba

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Photo problems

I wonder if anyone else if having problems displaying photos or uploading photos. I think all my software is up to date, but maybe in my part of Saudi Arabia something else is causing the problem. Many times I can only see the title of pictures but n

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A Different Weekend

We are about to change our weekend in Saudi Arabia.  We are the only Gulf Country with a Thursday-Friday weekend. Now our weekends will begin a day later and be on Friday and Saturday, like the other Gulf Countries.

Some Clerics have complained that t

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Love the Mobile App

I love the mobile application for EC. I only wish I could comment from it.It is great that I can read EC emails and follow links. I also love that I can approve new friends from my iPhone.Do you love this app too?Have you learned some tricks on how t

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Writing Practice

This is a place where you can add some writing that you do for practice.  Write about something you know about.  I suggest something on yourself, your city, your family, your activities or family history.  Really, anything you know about should be ea

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES and POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Possessive adjectives help us show ownership or possession.

We use possessive adjectives with a noun. 

The adjective shows who and the noun shows what.

We will start with first person ( me or a group I am part of).

FIRST PERSON POSS

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Fruit and vegetable challenge

Our challenge is to tell the English name for the foods that I show photos of.  These are all fruit and vegetables I photographed in America.

Give me your best guess for the name of the items in each photo.  There are 9 photos. #6 has 3 answers.  That

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REVIEW AND PRACTICE PAGES

A SENTENCE

( Review)

A SENTENCE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT MAKES A COMPLETE THOUGHT OR MEANING.

A simple sentence consists of: SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT

STATEMENTS:

1)      He is reading a book.

2)      The boys are playing football.

3)      Sarrah has washed t

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Root crops challenge

These all grow underground and are used in many recipes. See if you can name them in English and then tell us how you like to prepare them, if you wish.

The orange ones on the left are common in most countries.  Those in the center are sometimes cooke

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