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  • Language tip of the week: apologize

    Posted by on February 07, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with ways in which you can apologize or accept an apology. Ways of apologizing [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: names

    Posted by on January 31, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with key words which are used for talking or writing about names. first name / given name: a [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 27th January, 2012

    Posted by on January 27, 2012

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: knowledge

    Posted by on January 24, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with the noun knowledge. Knowledge is an uncountable noun, so it is never used [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 20th January, 2012

    Posted by on January 20, 2012

    This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: marry

    Posted by on January 18, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with the verb marry. Don’t use the preposition with after get married or be [...]

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  • Language and words in the news – 13th January, 2012

    Posted by on January 13, 2012

    After another short break, the weekly round-up posts return in 2012 with the usual selection of links related to recent language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: jobs

    Posted by on January 11, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with key words which are used for talking or writing about jobs. general job: [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: used to

    Posted by on January 05, 2012

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with used to. Don’t confuse ▪  I am used to doing something ▪  I [...]

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  • Language tip of the week: make

    Posted by on December 27, 2011

    In this weekly microblog, we bring to English language learners more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary. These tips are based on areas of English (e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc) which learners often find difficult. This week’s language tip helps with the verb make. When make means ‘to cause or force someone to do [...]

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