Everyday Grammar (日常语法)

2024-08-22 Is It Harris’ or Harris’s?

The battle for the White House is set as Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic Party nomination on…

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2024-08-15 Everyday Grammar: Beating Problems with Adverbs

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we’re going to talk about some common problems with adverbs. Basically,…

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2024-08-08 Everyday Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

Adjectives describe and add information about the people or things we see every day. Sometimes, though, we want to know…

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2024-07-18 Language of the Olympic Games, Part 2

In a recent Everyday Grammar lesson, we explored some language used to talk about the Olympic Games – the words host,…

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2024-07-11 It’s ‘Kind of Just’ Hedging

This week on Everyday Grammar, we answer a question from Kyosuke, a loyal reader in Japan, who asks: I have a…

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2024-07-04 Language for Olympic Games: Host, Compete, Expect

The Paris Olympic Games will begin later this month, with the Opening Ceremony set to take place on July 26.…

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2024-06-27 Talking about What We See in Space

Sky-watchers have had a busy year so far in 2024. There has been much to see among the stars and…

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2024-06-20 Reservations and Rentals

This week on Everyday Grammar, we learn some of the grammar you need to talk about getting the things you need while…

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2024-06-13 Talking about Hot Weather Around the World

In a recent Everyday Grammar, we showed how to use three grammatical structures to talk about hot weather. They are phrasal verbs,…

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2024-06-06 Grammar and Talking about Hot Weather

In many places where our readers and listeners live, the weather is getting hotter because of the changing seasons and…

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