Grammar

It’s not necessary to speak English like a native speaker: these days 80% of conversations in English take place between non-natives (think a business meeting in Beijing between Chinese and German companies, for example). That said, it may be your desire to speak English at this level. Why not shoot for the stars? Although not […]

As it often happens, the English language might be a bit tricky, especially for the ESL students. Some English words have multiple meanings and, moreover, sentence patterns associated with them. “Advise vs. Recommend vs. Suggest” is one of such puzzles. These verbs could be followed by the noun, gerund, pronoun or noun, or even use […]

Becoming fluent in another language can be tricky, but there are certainly quickly-learnt aspects which can really help your development. Once such aspect is learning to throw in natural-sounding expressions, idioms, or phrasal verbs, when the time is right. In English, not only are these expressions beloved of native speakers, they add a colourful twist which […]

According to statistics, 86% of professionals prefer to use email when communicating for business purposes. Research by Radicati Group found that the average office worker was receiving and sending 122 emails per day back in 2015. By the end of 2019, this number is projected to grow to 126 messages per day. An email is […]

We’ve already posted some advice on dealing with confusing English phrases, rules, and words. However, there are so much of them in English that it is always a good idea to look back at possible errors.  Below is the list of 71 common errors made by ESL students along with the corrections.  1. Wrong: I […]

English might be tricky in multiple ways. There are a lot of homophones, spelling, and writing puzzles, not to mention some punctuation rules.  Read our new blog post to know how to deal with these tricky elements and lift your language knowledge. 1. Then vs. than A top widespread mistake, which originates from the similarities […]

Punctuation matters if you want to deliver a precise and crisp message. It may seem that there is nothing that hard in using commas; however, comma rules might be really tricky. We’ve set up a list of comma rules, and examples of embarrassing mistakes that will help you to enhance your writing style and avoid […]

We’ve already covered some often misspelled word pairs like “who” and “whom,” but one of the trickiest puzzles is “then or than” dilemma. These words are homophones having identical pronunciation, but different sense. Both of them are often used to connect words in sentences, and it makes it even harder to decide which word to […]

There are multiple online sentence correction tools nowadays, however, only you are responsible for the quality of your writing. To help you master your grammar and do not rely too much on sentence checkers and fixers, we’ve come up with a list of five tricky mistakes you should avoid. Mistake #1. Comma in front of […]

Even the most educated people sometimes make grammar mistakes. Actually, there is a quite big list of such errors every one of us have made. We’ve come up with an ultimate list of 23 most frequent errors that you should stop making in your writing. 1. They’re vs. Their vs. There “Their” and “there” are […]