четверг, 4 октября 2018 г.

8 Ways to Say "Yes"

It's just three little letters, but Yes can say so much.
Yes
Yes is a very old word. It entered English before 900, and comes from the Old English word gese loosely meaning "be it." Before the 1600s, yes was often used only as an affirmative to a negative question, and yea was used as the all-purpose way to say "yes."

Aye

12 Common but Confusing Words

среда, 3 октября 2018 г.

Middle Voice Sentences

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grammar-girl-quick-and-dirty-tips-for-better-writing/e/56460670?autoplay=true
I got a comment on YouTube from a listener named Steven, who asked about verbs like the ones in this following sentence: "The screw screwed in more easily than I thought it would." Clearly, the screw didn’t screw itself in. The person who uttered the sentence

вторник, 2 октября 2018 г.

воскресенье, 30 сентября 2018 г.

The world's English mania


"TED" stands for "Technology, Education, and Design. It's the name of an organization that puts on events where scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and teachers give really engaging short talks. They also make videos of these talks available online.
Here's one video of a talk about "the world's English mania":



Idiom "salt in the wound"