Everyday Grammar (日常语法)

2019-08-09 ‘Social’ Verbs and Prepositions

Talking, laughing, joking – these are some of the actions we do while we are with friends and family. In…

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2019-08-02 Did You ‘Ask About’ Verbs and Prepositions?

Ice Cube is a famous rap music artist. The Lumineers are a famous folk rock group. While The Lumineers and…

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2019-07-26 Using Past Forms to Describe Present, Future

Imagine that your cousin wants to ask his longtime girlfriend to marry him. And he needs you to help him…

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2019-07-19 Phrasal Verbs: Come Back, Come Up

Braveheart was released over 20 years ago, yet is still popular among American movie-lovers today. The 1995 film tells the story…

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2019-07-12 The More I Practice, the More I Remember

Hello. Today we will start with a question for you: When you practice English more, do you remember more? If your answer…

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2019-07-05 Common Phrasal Verbs with ‘Go’

In the early 1970's, Motown Records released the Marvin Gaye song "What's Going On." The song asks for a peaceful…

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2019-06-28 How to Replace That-Clauses with ‘So’

As a general rule, the English language aims to avoid repetition. That's why, on Everyday Grammar, we talk about ways…

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2019-06-14 Three Common Forms in Everyday Speech

Have you ever had someone "repair" a home appliance but it kept breaking? I have been having trouble with my sink for…

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2019-06-07 Present Progressive Tense and Showing Annoyance

Samantha Fish is an American songwriter and blues singer. In her song Somebody's Always Trying, she complains about other, unnamed women.…

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2019-05-31 Too and Either: Short Responses of Agreement

In English conversation, when we respond to a speaker, we often do not repeat all of their words. Instead, we may say just…

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