🍁 Since autumn (or fall, as it is known in Canada and the USA) is my favourite season of the year, I have included several
📗 ‘Having decided to conquer the Land of Oz and to destroy the Emerald City and enslave all its people, King Roquat the Red kept
‘And unrecorded left through many an Age, Worthy t’ have not remain’d so long unsung …’ – John Milton, ‘Paradise Regained’ (1671) These lines come from a
There’s a popular idiom in English: ‘A stitch in time saves nine.’ In other words, the best way to tackle a large task is to
I thought it would be nice for a change to take a short text from a classic and analyse it in today’s lesson. So I have
In the first part of this lesson (see previous post), we talked about small changes you can introduce in your writing that make a huge
I am dedicating today’s lesson to three important points that I often find missing in work that I proofread. These three points might seem obvious
As I have mentioned in these short lessons before, I am convinced that one of the best ways to improve your standard of English is
📘 ‘Why do you say “poor Rosamond”?’ said Mrs Plymdale, a round-eyed sharp little woman, like a tame falcon. – George Eliot, Middlemarch (1871) As