English speakers create new words by taking a noun and adding –ise or –ize to the end of
"I before e, except after c" Many school children are taught this rule. Then they quickly
Last week we looked at some teachers whose ancestors were not English, but were native speakers of E
A Hong Kong primary school with a band one reputation, and band three performance, tried to hire a n
Last week I explained how English used to use ye instead of you. This reminds me of an English teach
Someone (an English teacher) recently told me that I should use one and not you when referring to a
I and me are often used incorrectly by second language learners. A different word is used depending
Last week we covered the standard rules for using an apostrophe. To show ownership, or association,
One part of writing English that people often get wrong is the use of the apostrophe ('). There
So the other day a student asked me, "How much is a ton?" Great, and she was expecting a q
There is not an easy answer to this question. First what do you mean by a word? When you have a 300
Should your one litre bottle of orange juice be labelled 1 l or 1 L? Chemists use letters as symbols