Category: Everyday Grammar (日常语法)

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

In many places where our readers and listeners live, the weather is getting hotter because of the changing seasons and weather-related events. This week on Everyday Grammar, we will discuss…

What do news stories about space travel, technology, or energy production have in common? Well, one way to answer this question is to look at special prefixes that are often…

Memorial Day is an American holiday that honors the memory of people who died while serving in the U.S. military. This year, it will be celebrated on Monday, May 27th.…

In last week’s Everyday Grammar, we looked at prefixes in reports of student protests against the war between Israel and Hamas. Then, we asked our readers to use prefixes from…

American college students have been protesting the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. In this week’s Everyday Grammar, we look at a few of the prefixes and words people…

In last week’s Everyday Grammar, we explored large numbers in the news. We learned about numbers such as a million, a billion, and a trillion. We asked our listeners and…

We have a question for you. What do countries, economies, mathematics, and the news have in common? There are several ways to answer the question. But today we are thinking…

In this week’s Everyday Grammar, we answer a question from a reader named Sol. Sol asked, “When you make a question about a team such as the Bay Packers, do…

In this week’s Everyday Grammar, we continue a trip around the world. But, instead of seeing famous places, we will learn about wonderful foods of different countries. We will also…

In today’s Everyday Grammar, we will take a delicious trip to East Asia. We will taste wonderful and perhaps unfamiliar foods – if only in our imagination. We will also…

Spring has begun in the northern half of the Earth. For Christians, a major springtime holiday is Easter. This year, Easter falls on March 31. In this week’s Everyday Grammar,…

In an earlier Everyday Grammar, we talked about “Fast Car,” a song about young people who had dreams of making their lives better. Then, we asked our readers and listeners…

Consider a time when you sat down to share a dish with family or friends. What was the dish? Is the dish special in your country or area? In today’s…

On today’s Everyday Grammar, we are going to look at things that are different from each other: in other words, contrasts. Let’s start: At the 2024 Grammy awards, one performance…