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How English has changed

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 19, 2022October 20, 2022
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Eggcorns

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  • Posted on June 20, 2022May 27, 2022

The misuse of certain phrases in English is something that really gets my goat. Some…

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Why do people in old movies speak funny?

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  • Posted on March 26, 2022March 21, 2022

Someone asked me this in one of my classes today. The accent they mentioned is…

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Why English is hard to learn

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 28, 2022February 24, 2022
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BC/AD and BCE/CE – what is the difference and how do I write it?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 2, 2022January 25, 2022

I have been asked this several times by students recently. BC (Before Christ) and AD…

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English…

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  • Posted on January 16, 2022January 8, 2022

for more like this, here is a great article  

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Different words for cleanse-tone-moisturise across cultures

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  • Posted on November 3, 2021October 2, 2021

  I find it interesting how different countries use different terms for that cleanse-tone-moisturise thing…

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Language as art

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  • Posted on October 3, 2021August 22, 2021
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English is hard

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 22, 2021February 26, 2021

  I teach English for a living. English is my mother tongue, but I speak…

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War terms in business

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 4, 2021February 17, 2021

We all know that war is business but business is also war – against competitors,…

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