5 different ways to use by or beside
Is Granny sitting by the fire or beside the fire? She is actually doing both since in many cases by and beside can be used...
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Joanne
- Sep 19
- 1 min
How many ways can you say dog?
When producing a piece of written work for college or a report for your boss it is good practice not to repeat the same word too many...
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Joanne
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Make or take a photograph?
I often hear people say that they have made a photograph of something, but a native speaker would say they had taken a photograph. We...
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Joanne
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Must or have to?
'Must' is a word that I often hear over used. My advice is to try and use it as little as possible. Instead, use 'have to'. Why is that?...
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Joanne
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Other ways to say 'in addition to'.
You can improve the quality of your business emails and communication by using transition words to link two sentences together. There are...
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Joanne
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Three easy steps to a clear structure
Do you ever find you have a lot to say about something, but can't find the right words to give your presentation, report or email some...
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Joanne
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Talking through data
When you deliver a presentation you will often need to talk through the data on the screen. This can either be in a the form of a table,...
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Joanne
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Describe that chart
Talking about data can be useful, but depicting it with a chart is invaluable. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and using a...
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Joanne
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Describe that data
Do you ever have to give presentations or write formal reports? Quite often the audience for these is someone who doesn't have as much...
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Joanne
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Me, Myself and I
I'm sure you've heard this expression before in movies and song lyrics, but what about him, himself and he or her, herself and she?...
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Joanne
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
What exactly am I being asked to do?
Have you ever been asked a question but are unsure of exactly what you are being asked to do? In person this is easy to resolve since you...
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Joanne
- Jan 6, 2021
- 1 min
I and my
Whose is this? How do you show whether something belongs to you or to someone else? This grid provides a quick reference, scroll down for...
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Joanne
- Dec 16, 2020
- 1 min
For or since?
These prepositions are used to indicate that an event, which is true now, has been taking place for a period of time. We have to be...
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Joanne
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
Is there a difference between although and even though?
This is a question I was asked recently and it got me thinking. They both mean in spite of or despite a given situation something...
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Joanne
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Learn or teach?
When do you use learn and when do you use teach? This is a confusing piece of language usage and one that I often see and hear used...
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Joanne
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
How much further? Or should that be how much farther?
This subtle difference is one which I often see leads to confusion. Let's look at a couple of examples to try and clear things up: In...
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Joanne
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
Bought or brought?
This is a tricky one and I often see native speakers get this wrong. Let's consider this example: "I bought a coat" - this means you went...
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Joanne
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
Have you been shopping or gone shopping?
It all depends on whether you have come back or not! Let's look at this example: Yes. “He’s been shopping” tells us that he’s gone and...
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Joanne
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
Is it the amount or the number of something?
You want to express the quantity of something but are not sure whether to refer to the amount of it or the number of it. Let's take these...
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Joanne
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Are you looking for the affect or the effect?
Do you want to change something or view the results?
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