Forum: English Questions 
Jun 30th, 2009, 01:03 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 29th, 2009, 03:08 pm
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Views: 13,811  Coordinating vs subordinating conjunctions
I have a question about the transition signals (for reasons) that I hope Susan and others can address. People view "for" as a coordinating conjunction, while "because", "since" and "as" as a...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 11th, 2009, 04:50 pm
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Views: 2,851 ESL Software for Teachers
I'm wondering if teachers would like to share any computer software (either free or those that need to be bought) that they use in their teaching. I'm thinking here of say a crossword puzzle maker or...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 14th, 2009, 10:53 am
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Views: 8,449 Plural superlatives
I've been trying to find some information regarding plural superlatives or whatever this is called. By this I mean the grammar used in the following sentence: "The three most important things are..."...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 7th, 2008, 04:12 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 5th, 2008, 01:39 pm
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Views: 5,687 Forming Questions
A Japanese student had a question for me that I hope some people can help out with. Here's the question:
1) How many percent of Japanese are Christians? -> Can you guess how many percent of Japanese...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 25th, 2008, 09:16 am
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 22nd, 2008, 10:32 am
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Views: 46,354 If-then Clause
People call it the "if-then" clause, but then most of the time we just see "If....., ...." - i.e. without the "then" starting the other clause. So it's:
1) "If he hits me, I will kill him."
rather...
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 18th, 2008, 08:15 pm
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Views: 6,361 Re: Two base verbs after a modal
Hi Susan,
Thanks. I think I've learned that a modal is always followed by a base verb that I forgot how often you can actually use the constructions (verb + verb) after a modal as per normal.
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Forum: English Questions
Nov 18th, 2008, 10:59 am
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Views: 6,361 Two base verbs after a modal
In a phrase like "may help shed light on" or "may help increase...", you have the modal may and then two base verbs - help and shed/increase.
I was asking my students about what tense "shed" was -...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 5th, 2008, 01:14 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 28th, 2008, 10:11 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 28th, 2008, 01:08 pm
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Views: 4,106 English for Sex Workers
I'm involved in a project that teaches English to Sex Workers. I'm trying to find as much information as possible about this area. I guess this is not that an established ESP area! But if anyone...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Sep 8th, 2008, 09:26 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 29th, 2008, 10:16 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 12th, 2008, 08:15 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 9th, 2008, 02:28 am
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