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Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Nov 22, 2017
Any - determiner
We use any before nouns to refer to indefinite or unknown quantities or an unlimited entity: Did you bring any bread? Mr Jacobson refused...
Yao Daneels Becquart
- Sep 21, 2017
Rules for pronouncing 's'
#PracticalEnglish #Grammar
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Sep 4, 2017
Swearing and taboo expressions
Swear words and taboo words can intensify what is said, but they can shock or give offence. Swearing and the use of taboo words and...
Cmbridge + Yuzhe
- Aug 28, 2017
Table of irregular verbs
We think that many students in fact haven't used irregular verbs so flexibly that to review them in sentence practice is of the essence!...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Aug 3, 2017
Abbreviations, initials and acronyms
Abbreviations and letters When we abbreviate a word or phrase, we shorten it. Abbreviations can be formed from the first letters of the...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Jul 31, 2017
Common mistake - last, last but not least, at last, finally and latest
#Commonmistake #grammar
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Jul 23, 2017
Common mistake: nowadays, these days or today
We can use nowadays, these days or today as adverbs meaning ‘at the present time, in comparison with the past’: I don’t watch TV very...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Jul 23, 2017
Common mistake: following or the following
We use following without the + noun phrase to mean ‘after’, ‘in response to’ or ‘as a result of’: Following the bad election results of...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Jul 23, 2017
Common mistake: grateful or thankful
We use grateful to talk about how we feel when someone is kind to us or does us a favour: [a message on a thank-you card] Thank you so...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- Jul 9, 2017
Common mistake: principal or principle
Principal as an adjective means ‘most important’: The principal reason for the failure to take action was poor communication between...
Cambridge + Yuzhe
- 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 7, 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 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 5, 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 4, 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...
Yuzhe
- Jul 2, 2017
GMATPrep - SC
这是一道难度系数较低的改错题目，但第三第四选项有很强的干扰主要是因为意思的理解，但动词continue让我们完全不用在乎完成时态。 #GMATSC #Grammar
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