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The ethics issue: Should we give other animals rights?
Minimising the suffering of other life forms is a laudable goal – but there's also human well-being to consider Minimise suffering of...
Scientist
Jul 8, 2017
Common mistake - open or opened
We use open as an adjective to mean ‘not closed’: I stopped the car when I realised that the door was open. Not: … that the door was...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 8, 2017


Even toddlers expect bullies to get more than their fair share
By Aylin Woodward Even babies seem to expect bullies to get more in life. For the first time, there’s evidence that infants expect...
Scientist
Jul 8, 2017
Common mistake - fit or suit
If something fits you or fits into a place, it is the right size or shape for you or for that place: [trying on shoes in a shoe shop]...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 7, 2017


Common mistake - during or for
We use during to say when something happens, if it happens in or over a period of time. We use for to talk about the length of time...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 7, 2017


Is running ability down to effort or DNA? And can it be proved?
If you’re really serious about competitive running, there are companies that test your DNA to determine your sporting potential. But does...
the UK news
Jul 6, 2017


Common mistake - each or every
We use each to refer to individual things in a group or a list of two or more things. It is often similar in meaning to every, but we use...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 6, 2017
Common mistake - content or contents
Content (uncountable) Content as a singular noun is uncountable. It means the ideas that are contained in a piece of writing or a film or...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 6, 2017
Common mistake - consist, comprise or compose
Consist, comprise and compose are all verbs used to describe what something is ‘made of’. We don’t use them in continuous forms. Consist...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 5, 2017
Common mistake - consider or regard
Consider and regard can both mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’. When they mean ‘believe’ or ‘realise’ or ‘understand’, we don’t...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 5, 2017


Common mistake - been or gone
We often use been to, instead of gone to, when we refer to completed visits to a place: Have you ever been to Budapest? Not: Have you...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 5, 2017
Common mistake - any more or anymore
Any more as a determiner We use any more as a determiner to describe ‘an indefinite quantity of something’. Any more is similar to some...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 4, 2017


The way we run protects our upper bodies but our legs suffer
By Nicole Wetsman Love a good run, but keep getting leg injuries? That could be because the way we run puts the brunt of jogging’s hard...
Scientist
Jul 4, 2017


IELTS Writing task 1 - line graph
How to use various sentences is a key to the successful writing. 1. Smoking rates have indeed been dipping overall, according to WHO. 2. ...

Yuzhe
Jul 4, 2017


Life is about loss and letting go – especially with our children
Tim Lott The most resonant truth about children is that they disappear. Slowly, gradually, but eventually. Children in that sense are...
the UK news
Jul 2, 2017


Find the flow: Harnessing the incredible power of living fluids
We're beginning to learn the rules that govern how everything from flocks of birds to sperm cells flow, and it could transform technology...
Scientist
Jul 2, 2017


Common mistake - increase
How about another case below: There has been an increase of 2% _____ (preposition) annual salary. #Commonmistake #Grammar
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jul 2, 2017


Drug use - IELTS Writing task 1 or PTE Speaking
How to write an overview of the bar chart above? In 2015, of the three main continents, North America topped drug dependence of the...

Yuzhe
Jul 1, 2017


Open the floodgates: Designer deluges could save dammed rivers
Dams provide vital green power but destroy precious river ecosystems. Could unleashing artificial floods give us the best of both worlds?...
Scientist
Jun 30, 2017


Common mistake - home
#Commonmistake #Grammar
Cambridge + Yuzhe
Jun 29, 2017
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