Lesson #280: George Eliot’s Silas Marner and Some Tricky Prepositions of Time (‘in the’, ‘at’, ‘on’)
📙 The old man, contrary to expectation, seemed to be on the way to recovery, when one night Silas, sitting up by his bedside, observed
📙 The old man, contrary to expectation, seemed to be on the way to recovery, when one night Silas, sitting up by his bedside, observed
The book was interesting and it was old and it was long and it was a French book too. This is a very odd sentence!
Have you heard of negative prefixes in English before? 🧐 👩🏫 While the grammatical term is a bit of a mouthful, they are nothing to
If you have been learning English for some time, you may have listened to speeches given by politicians, actors, or artists. A common trope (literary
In the days approaching Christmas, my thoughts have turned to some of the Christmas Carols (songs sung at Christmas) and the stories behind how they
📗 “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and
📗 ‘So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid),
Welcome to the last section of our Lessons on common mistakes learners of English make (and Part 2 of Lesson #273). With the help of
This is our last Lesson in our 5-part series looking at common mistakes English language students tend to make. If you have been following these