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Hello, Here are my latest acquisitions: We're in New York. We're at the Radio City Music Hell. It's great. Another classical mistake. Just another variation. I am like a sandwich. Actually, the last mistake reminded me of Shrek. You know: "I am like an onion" thing. Have a good day. Nikita Kovalyov ...

Hello there. Here are just a few jokes to cheer you up! Have a nice day. ************************** Teacher: "Sam, what is the outside of a tree called?" Sam: "I don’t know." Teacher: "Bark, Sam, bark." Sam: "Bow, wow, wow!" ************************** Teacher: If I give you two rabbits and two rabbi...

Hello, Here is another funny mistake I have just recalled. I got a postcard from my student in English. It was very sweet, but the mistake was funny. Nikita, I wish you were surrounded by nice and friendly people. And yet one more. Someone who didn't pay enough attention to the verb patterns wrote i...

I have just remembered one more:

He has been smoking ten cigarettes since he came.

Nikita Kovalyov
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

That was a nice one. But here is another joke for you.

Passenger: Are you free?
Taxi driver: No, I charge like everyone else.

Nikita Kovalyov
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

Well, as you may know the old website has a page on "Funny English Students' Mistakes". I haven't updated it for a while because I really want to have the new site up and running as soon as possible. But now I understand that I will take me at least a couple more month just to convert the old page. ...

Hello there. The last posting at http://www.eclecticenglish.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=37 reminded me of an piece from English Streamline Direction, which is taken from "Weep Not, Child" by N'gugi. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did when I read it a few years ago. **************************...

Hello,

A: I'd like a mirror, please.
B: A hand mirror, madam?
A: No, it's my face I want to look at.

Nikita Kovalyov
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

Hello Sergey! I do not use "likewise" very often. But here is what my beloved Longman says (I bet my life you already looked it us so most probably this answer is of no much use for you). likewise formal in the same way ￚsynonym similarly Nanny put on a shawl and told the girls to do likewise...

Hello Paul, I will do my best to answer your emails today. Just a quick comment for now. I agree with John, you should not teach idioms. But you can not speak the language with a native speaker without knowledge of some of them and the color the language and make it unique. Isn't there a bit of cont...

Hi!

Here is a new joke for you. At least I hope it is new.

If a train stops at a train station and a bus stops at a bus station, what happens at a workstation?

Nikita Kovalyov
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

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Hello there! I've just had an idea of adding English Idioms topic to the Learning English forum. Since almost every day I discover something new about English idioms; and despite the fact that almost all native speakers at our May workshop said that in their view it IS NOT a good idea to teach idiom...

Hello, Here is a little joke with the Present Simple Tense. Mum, does God go to the bathroom? > No, son, why do you ask? Well, every morning dad goes to the bathroom, knocks on the door and shouts, "Oh, God! Are you still in there?" Have a nice day! Nikita Kovalyov http://www.eclecticenglish.com/ ...

Hello there! How about a little joke on Present Perfect Tense? *************************** It was my husband's birthday yesterday and he said, Take me somewhere I've never been before. > So where did you take him? Into the kitchen. *************************** Have a nice day! Nikita Kovalyov http://...

Hello,

Here is one more page - New Comparative Quiz page:
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/quizzes/comparative_adjectives_quiz/comparative_adjectives_quiz.shtml

Nikita Kovalyov
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/

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