Merry Christmas from ELB!
Season’s Greetings one and all! We’re reaching the end of the year and are into holiday season so I want to share a quick message for everyone, wishing you all the very best for the end of this year, and for the new year to come. I also have my usual...
Looking to the Future for ELB
Hello from ELB! It has been a little while, so I want to address my increasingly irregular updates. It’s with great regret that over these past few months I’ve been unable to continue my monthly new articles, which I’d otherwise managed without fail for 12 years....
How to use Single or Double Quotation Marks
In English, we can indicate quoted text with either single quotes, ‘–’ or double quotes, “–”. Typically it is expected that you use one style or the other, but they can also be combined. This can lead to some confusion as to exactly when you should use double or...
The Brown House Ghoul – Halloween Reading/Tenses Exercise
It’s October, which means it’s time for another Halloween-themed article! This year, I’ve gone with a tenses/reading exercise again; you can enjoy this just for the reading practice, to see some Halloween English in use, or you can test yourself on the most...
When do language rules matter in English?
As I mentioned in my last article on the difference between objective and subjective, I’d like to share some thoughts on when language rules should be strictly followed and when they may be flexible. This is essentially the difference between objective (provably true)...Want to Master English?
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