There are many types of letters, and many books that can help you to learn how t

o write formal letters in English. An excellent book on this subject is Company t

o Company by Andrew Littlejohn,
published by Cambridge University Press.
hanks for helping out, Mark. That was a good explanation.
Sometimes there is not much difference in meaning between the Past Simple and th
e Present Perfect. However, if you refer to a finished time, such as yesterday,
then you must use the Past Simple; If you refer to an unfinished time, like toda
y, this week, this year, my life, etc, then you can use Present Perfect.
Abdulelah, please consult a good grammar book for a fuller explanation. My best
wishes to you.
Been is the past participle of the verb to be. We use it in the perfect tenses.
For example:
I have been to Europe many times.
(Present Perfect)
I have been feeling unwell all day.
(Present Perfect Continuous)
You could say:
I can have either tea or coffee. It doesnt matter.
Id like neither tea nor coffee. Ill just have a glass of water, please.
Eitheror is used when you are talking about two positive choices.
Neithernor is used to indicate two negative choices. It is used to say, not this an
d not that.
P.When we put ed endings on words, it indicates how we feel! egbore = bored. excite
= excited. amuse = amused.
p.Great question! I am looking forward to meeting him ,is an idiom idioms never fo
llow any grammar rule!
P.Me too = I like pizza. If you agree with this, you can say me too!
So am I = I am hungry. If you feel the same, you can say So am I! (we only use so
AM I with adjectives!
Live is the place where your house is.
Stay is the place where you are at the moment and is usually for a short time!
P.He admitted taking the money is correct.
Here is a list of verbs that are usually followed by a verb in gerund form:
admit, appreciate, avoid, carry on, consider, defer, delay, deny, detest, dislik
e, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, face, feel like, finish, forgive, give up, cant
help, imagine, involve, leave off, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practice, put
off, report, resent, risk, cant stand, suggest, understand
Some verbs can be followed by the gerund form or the infinitive form without a b
ig change in meaning: begin, continue, hate, intend, like, love, prefer, propose
, start.
I like to play tennis. I like playing tennis. It started to rain. It started rai
ning
P.I think you mean animals??????? Usually we call animals it or they because we dont
know what sex they are! Some people will tell you that their cat or dog is a boy
or a girl, the you can call it a he or she!
P.Been is a past participle.
Being is only used in continuous forms.
P.When we talk about dating yes, we say that! But it is slang/idiom.
P.Listen is a verb, But hear is a stative verb.
P.No, mate we usually use will when we HAVE made plans. Going to we use when we have
casual plans. HOWEVER, the entire point of the lesson is that IT DOESNT REALLY MA
TTER which one we use.
P.Present continuous = be + verb + ing: I am eating.
Future continuous = will + be + verb+ing: I will be eating.
Simple future= will + base verb or going to + base verb: I will eat. or Im going to
eat.
P.Okay future perfect = will have + past participle. We use it when there is a ti
me limit, such as by 2015?, or Within 10 years
Future continuous = will be + verb+ing. We use this usually with the verbs work,
learn, study, teach, and live. Eg. I will be working in Mexico. These actions tak
e a long time to complete (years usually).
Future Perfect Continuous = will have been + verb+ing. We use this for actions t
hat we began in the past and we are still doing now. Eg. When I was 8, I started
playing the piano. So I can say By the time Im 18, I will have been playing the pia
no for 10 years.
P.We use will be if the next word is an adjective: I will be tired.
If the next word is a verb, you dont need be': I will eat.
P.Yes, shoes are plural but you must use the when you talk about something for a s
econd time or if everyone know which shoes you are talking about!
P.If the word is plural (lions) we dont use an article. However, the second time
we talk about the same lions, we say THE lions as they are specific (we know whi
ch lions you are talking about)!
I like lions. The lions are dangerous.
P.There are a number of excellent grammar books you could consult such as Raymon
d Murphys Basic Grammmar in Use. There are also several excellent books which can
help you improve your writing skills.
P.man is a long draw out aaaaaah so like maaaaaah-N, and men is much shorter..men
is like pen, ben, hen ken. If you can rhyme it, that would help!
ALSO for a complete alternative, if you really struggle with it, just use differe
nt words like guy and guys (these mean the same as man / men)!!!
P.Rent is American English and hire is British!
P.If you write parents then youre talking about one parent. That parents child is misb
ehaving a lot at school. Youre only referring to a particular parent.
Parents' would be plural. The parents child is misbehaving at school. Now youd be refe
rring to both parents.
Look at whatever appears before the apostrophe.
My parents car = the car of my parent (only one person here)
My parents car = the car of my parents (parents = plural)
Another example:
the girls book = the book of the girl (singular)
the girls book = the book of the girls (more than one)
P.John and me are parteners and John and
I are partners?
The correct sentence would be:
John and I are partners.
This is because the word I can be used as a subject, whereas the word me can only be
used as an object.
For example,
He gave me a gift.
They lent me their car
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