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| The Hyphen |
| 2007-11-19 18:21:10 |
We use a hyphen to break a word, which occurs at the end of a line.
The car that came from the right side of the road, came to the left side, hit the lamppost, and screeched to a halt.
We also use a...
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| Check Your Spelling |
| 2007-11-17 23:11:27 |
From today onwards, you can check your English language spelling from this blog. This new widget is provided by thefreedictionary.com. To play this, just scroll down. Then click on the speaker...
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| Where Do I use a Colon? |
| 2007-11-17 23:09:57 |
Colon is mainly used when we begin any list. “Bring the following tomorrow: pen, pencil, certificate and your identity card.” In this sentence I used a a colon in the beginning of the list.
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| The proper use of Apostrophes |
| 2007-11-17 23:07:01 |
I will begin this punctuation series with the story of the apostrophe since this is the most abused among the punctuation family. It is the favourite cliché of the advertisers. You must have seen...
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| Ellipses |
| 2007-11-17 23:05:33 |
Ellipses (...) are a handy tool for poets and writers. The best part of ellipsis is that you don’t have to say the whole thing. It is the best thing you can do to avoid a verbal diarrhoea. In drama,...
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| Pronunciation of Plurals |
| 2007-11-16 12:01:02 |
There are three types of plurals : “s”, “z”, and “iz”. So how do you know which one should be used in a given place?
Here is my three simple rules. The trick in these rules is to look for the last...
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| Punctuation Basics |
| 2007-11-16 12:00:03 |
From tomorrow, I will be starting a new series on English Punctuation. And tomorrow you can expect at least three postingsMy Blog:http://www.freeenglishhere.blogspot.com
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| Shakespeare on Web |
| 2007-11-11 18:12:43 |
Have you thought of learning Shakespeare? Then check out this site. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ Just download all the Shakespeares dramas. But sorry there is little explanation on Shakespeare here....
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| Learn word pronunciation |
| 2007-11-10 21:29:52 |
A really simple and direct site. I just love this one (and I don’t get paid to write for this site!) visit: areal.shtooka.
Why do I brag about this one? Simply because of its straight forwardness....
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| Free resources in the Web |
| 2007-11-09 21:02:16 |
It is slightly boring when you simply write the bare bone tips repeatedly. So, from this week, I will be writing about some interesting English related sites. They are NOT sponsored reviews. They...
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| Read Faster Roundup |
| 2007-11-06 19:20:42 |
This was a week full of solid tips on Faster Reading. Let us go through it once more. In the first day, we talked about the pre reading tasks like page scanning. Read the captions and sub-captions...
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| Better Comprehension with Faster Reading |
| 2007-11-04 21:20:14 |
Many readers have asked me whether our comprehension will suffer with improvement in our reading speed. And my answer is NO. It won’t. In fact, I have noticed an increase in the reading speed. Let me...
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| Read Faster Day 5: Keep Your Eyes Steady |
| 2007-11-03 19:51:51 |
Have you thought how your eyes move when you read a page? It does not move in a steady and straight way. Instead, it uses a to-and-fro motion. It reaches a word, then returns to a previous word, and...
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| Faster Reading Day 4: Read Words in a Group |
| 2007-11-02 22:19:47 |
We often read an article word by word. This is simply not an efficient way. As indicated in a previous post, our eye can scan a document and make a copy of it in microseconds. But the cognition part...
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| Faster Reading Day 3: Look at the Writing Style |
| 2007-11-01 22:56:32 |
The writing style determines where key information of an article is. So, you need to read carefully only in the information dense areas and then just skim through other parts of the article. For...
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| Read Faster Day 2: Go for Content Words |
| 2007-10-31 11:31:34 |
Here is another trick up my sleeve for faster reading. All you have to do is to train your mind to read only the content words. In a previous post, I gave the difference between content words and...
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| Read Faster in 7 Days |
| 2007-10-29 21:19:31 |
In the next seven days, I will give you brief and succinct lessons on ways to improve your reading skill. Each lesson will contain a short paragraph for reading practice. If you really want to...
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| Read Faster Day 1: Pre-reading Tasks |
| 2007-10-29 21:18:46 |
One simple trick can improve your reading speed by almost 50 words per minute. It can also help you to improve your comprehension and retain the facts longer in the memory.
This is the trick: “Scan...
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| A Roundup of My English Speaking Tips |
| 2007-10-27 20:58:42 |
As I said in the previous post, here is a sum up of my English Speaking Tips that I gave over the past few weeks:
At first, we talked about word and sentence accent. I suggested that most of the...
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| Improve Your Tone |
| 2007-10-26 23:11:29 |
In the last post, I introduced you to the concept of tone. In this one, I will suggest some methods to improve upon your tone.
Tone helps us to correctly identify different grammatical functions...
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| The Tone of Your English |
| 2007-10-25 18:01:21 |
Last week I talked of three ways to improve your English Speaking skills:Word Accent , Sentence Accent, Fluency, and Rhythm. Today, we can talk about a fourth element needed for flawless English...
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| Double Trouble |
| 2007-10-24 19:37:21 |
Yesterday, we saw some easy ways to remember English spelling. Now, there is another, a harder way to remember English spelling. Yes, you guessed it right—the rules for spelling. I know it is stupid....
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| Spelling Trouble |
| 2007-10-23 19:08:58 |
How do you write the word “tra-ble”?
I asked this question to three students and here is what I got as the reply:
“treble”
“trable”
“troble”
Do you instinctively cringe at reading this? Then here is...
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| Methods to Improve Your Rhythm |
| 2007-10-22 19:37:42 |
In the previous post on English Rhythm,I showed you the basics of rhythm. In this post, I will provide you with a method to improve your rhythm. As a first step, I suggest that you can start with the...
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| Improve Your English Accent Through a Better Rhythm |
| 2007-10-18 20:08:02 |
Besides word accent and sentence stress there is another feature in the English Language that makes a native English speaker’s accent different from a non-native accent. This feature is known as...
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