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Hello,

Here is a new mistake for you.

I like spending my summer vacations on the sea shelf.

Instead of:

I like spending my summer vacations by the sea.

The student seems to have confused "shelf" and "shore".

Have a good day!

Nikita

Hello, there! I suspect the video is really funny, but I must admit it is a bit too hard to me to understand. I believe I must spend some time trying to comprehend as much as I can. :) I would also appreciate if you could transcribe and perhaps explain a couple of Mitch’s jokes, if it is not too muc...

Hello,

I've just come across a good one. Enjoy!

Nostalgia is the realization that things weren't as unbearable as they seemed at the time.

Chin up!

Nikita
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World’s most popular tourist destinations Hello, I am not sure that I understood your question correctly, but if you asked about the world’s most popular tourist destinations, here is what I found on the Internet. The statistics are taken from about.com website. 1. France 2. Spain 3. United States 4...

Hello,

I think we should, and not just because our parents paid for us when we were younger. I think we must take care of those who need help.

Obviously, it may be not so easy in real life.

And what do you think?

Nikita

Hello, there! It’s not easy to explain how English articles (“a”, “an”, “the”, and “ “ or zero article) work. But I will try to do it, but not in just one posting. Here is something to start from. We put “a” before consonants (b, c, d, etc), and we put “an” before “vowels” (a, e, i, etc). You can sa...

Hello,

Here are a couple of new blunders. There aren’t that funny, though.

She lives with her boyfriends. (Instead of “She lives with her boyfriend).

She lives in Mississippi. (Instead of “She comes from Mississippi.”)

Have a good day!

Nikita

Hello,

A marvelous quote that was sent to me by one of my students:

"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get!"
Bernard Shaw

Can't agree more.

Cheers!

Nikita

Hello, Pambele I must admit that your question completely took me aback. Moreover, when I consulted Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Usage and Practical English Usage I failed to find anything that would explain the appearing and disappearing coma before "too" and "either". What added confusion is...

Hello, Here are two of my latest acquisitions. They are taken from REAL CVs (Am. resumes)!!! Referees: available upon request. Or even a better one! Personal abilities: available upon request. They say that interviewing theses guys was as funny as reading their CVs. :) Okay, have a nice day and don’...

Hello, Just in case someone seems to have a hard day today. Here is something to cheer you up. Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned out section of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks...

Hello, Here is a new one for you. Have fun! A report reached unit headquarters that a dump had been captured with toxic agents. A group of chemical warfare experts were rushed to the place. They saw many drums marked with the word 'gas'. A drum was opened with great precautions by gas masked special...

Hello, Yet another translator story for you. "A student of military English asked the language instructor: "I don't know what make of the sentence: 'If possible, the attack should be sand-tabled so that infantry and tanks understand what others are going to do'." The instructor enquired: "You know w...

Hello, Here are a few of my latest acquisitions from my Elementary group. I sit on my computer a lot. (Instead of "I work on my computer." ) A nurse looks at people in hospital. or A nurse looks for people in hospital. (Instead of "A nurse looks after people in hospital." ) A journalist writes a new...

Hello,

Here is a new one for you.

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out."
Anton Chekhov

Cheerio!

Nikita