Adjectives ending in -ed or -ing can be confusing. For example, when the bilingual mother of my friend answered the phone and it was a sales call, she would politely reply, “I’m not interesting,” and hang up. In fact, she is a very interesting person. She just was not interested in the sales offer. She …
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This blog post is in English first, followed by Spanish. Scroll down to read it in Spanish. Do you ever wonder when should you use which of these verbs: look, watch, or see? English seems to have three verbs for the same action, but each one has specific meanings, uses, and, of course, exceptions. Let’s …
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Many or much? A few or a little? Fewer or less? How do you know which of these words to use when you are describing the quantity of something? This is a common question for English learners. Here is the answer! There are two types of nouns: count and noncount. English has two kinds of …
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When you listen to conversations in English, you will hear the verb to get in many different contexts. It is one of the 100 most common words in the English language. The verb to get is used so often, in so many ways, that most speakers don’t even notice when they use it more than …
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