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In response to a recent question from several of my students, hereโs a grammar post about two confusing verbs: lie and lay. (Actually, itโs three verbs, but weโll come to that later.) TO LAY โTo layโ means to put something down. It is followed by a direct object, i.e. itโs a transitive verbโafter it we …
In this post weโll look into the basic differences between two English tenses that students often confuse: Present Simple and Present Continuous (also known as Present Progressive).
Please email me for further information. To reach the post office, walk farther down the street. Further, fartherโฆ Whatโs the difference? Is it just two different spellings of the same word? The answer is yesโand no. Please read on for some explanation. Both โfurtherโ and โfartherโ are irregular comparative forms of the same adjective (and …
A while ago I posted a lengthy grammar article about the conditional sentences in English, and in this post weโll read a poem by Rudyard Kipling that can be used to illustrate conditional clauses. It has some great vocabulary, too. (Not to mention lofty ideas!) Rudyard and John Kipling Titled โIfโโ, Kipling wrote this poem …
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