2020-10-09 Finding Participles in News Headlines
I was reading The New York Times newspaper this morning and came across a headline that read “Laughter May Be…
2020-10-02 What Are Reciprocal Pronouns?
The Sixth Sense is a famous American movie. The 1999 film tells the story of a young boy who has…
2020-09-25 The Present Participle
Today, let me start with a question: What do the following three statements have in common? You are learning about…
2020-09-18 What Are Intensive Pronouns?
Imagine you are watching an American film or television show – a mystery, for example. You hear one of the…
2020-09-11 Understanding the Past Participle
Every language has its own way of saying something happened in the past, is happening now or will happen in…
2020-09-04 Three Useful Phrasal Expressions
In a recent Everyday Grammar report, we explored phrasal expressions. Phrasal expressions are groups of words that take on a…
2020-08-28 Three Phrases for Expressing Regret in English
Can you think of something recent that you wish you had done differently? I can. Last weekend, I decided to…
2020-08-21 What Are Phrasal Expressions?
When you learn a new language, you must learn the meaning of individual words. But, there is another area that…
2020-08-14 When Not to Use the Word ‘To’
This is Everyday Grammar. On many of our programs, we talk about the dos of the English language – how…
2020-08-07 TED Talks Teach You About Phrasal Verbs
TED Talk videos are popular in the United States and other countries. These videos explore issues in science, technology, education…
2020-07-31 How Many Meanings of ‘Run’ Do You Know?
Here is the truth about the English language: Some words take up so much space in the dictionary that they…
2020-07-24 Question Words
A few years ago, On the American television show Saturday Night Live, actor Jerry Seinfeld answered questions from the audience.…
2020-07-17 Ways to Say You Are Annoyed
Do you ever get annoyed about something that a person does or says often? More than likely, the answer is…
2020-07-10 Intonation, Speaking and Grammar
Intonation is like the music of a language. Intonation means the changes that someone makes to the sound of their…
2020-07-03 American Phrases for Warning or Advising Someone
The other day, I started crossing a busy street in Washington, D.C., while looking at my phone. Suddenly, I heard…