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Okay everyone, this is my first topic in this site and the main I joined it is to improve my english speaking skills and I know this the case for almost everyone here. I read some discussions about this topic and I didn't see anything new from other

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Genie and 3 Wishes

While trying to sail around the world in a small boat, Harry, peter, and Joe were shipwrecked one night.
“I wish there were an island nearby,” Harry said.
By morning, they were washed up unto a desert island. For six months they lived on fish, nuts and

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Now what?

Like you, I was inspired to join this forum and in my case the only reason I joined the club: was the hope that I find a learning partner. The intent has been declared, but now what?

Are you having success finding a “Learning Partner”?

Perhaps this vid

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Life Doesn't Frighten Me

 

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

by: Maya Angelou

 

Shadows on the wall 

Noises down the hall

Life doesn't frighten me at all

Bad dogs barking loud

Big ghosts in a cloud

Life doesn't frighten me at all.

 

Mean old Mother Goose

Lions on the loose

They don't frighten me

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Correlate Conjunctions

Correlate Conjunctions are always used in pairs.

They show the relationship between the ideas expressed in different parts of a sentence.

 

Examples:

Both...and             Both Susan and her sister are in the forest now

Not only...but also  He not only

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Drawbacks of modern life

            Nowadays, people always try to work hard in order to have a better life. Though our living standard has been improved dramatically, our quality of life is not as good as it is in the past in many ways.

            First of all, many people

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Punctuation Note (4)

COLON

 

Study the following sentences:

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  • He just picked a date out of the blue: June 13, 1998.
  • By the time the wedding day rolled around, Weinlick had pre

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Punctuation Note (5)

HYPHEN (Dash)

 

Study the following sentences:

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  • There is now computer-controlled plastic surgery.
  • Life is a never-ending circuit.

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Benefits of Home-cooked food

Foods play an important role in our life, for they provide us a variety of vital vitamins and minerals. Therefore, it is necessary that we choose the best foods which are good for our health. To my mind, home-cooked foods are the best choice for thre

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How to use adverbs correctly

Dear friends! I have been asked this question so many times that I decided to start such a discussion. I hope you will read what I have written and ask me questions if you have some. The following are basic grammar rules. Of course, in some particula

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Punctuation Note (2)

COMMA (Part 2)

 

Study the following sentences:

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  • But with Jordan out, that’s good to hurt the Bulls worse than the Lakers.
  • At the end o

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