by Shanthi Streat | 22 Jul, 2016 | Business English, Grammar, Guest Posts
I am delighted to introduce another guest writer to you. This week my fellow English teacher, Jennifer Nascimento makes the important point that contrary to what many people think, grammar, in particular the correct use of the English tenses, IS important in Business...
by Shanthi Streat | 28 Jan, 2016 | Business English, Grammar, Vocabulary
Have you ever heard or seen these expressions – ‘back and forth‘, ‘by and large‘, ‘safe and sound‘, ‘out and about‘, ‘more or less‘? These are known as binomials. Binomials in English are two words that...
by Shanthi Streat | 10 Aug, 2015 | Grammar, Phrasal Verbs, Vocabulary
As you know, the English Language is filled with phrasal verbs (verbs and prepositions). They cause sleepless nights to most learners and find us teachers apologising time and again for what appears to be the language’s reluctance to use the proper verb. After...
by Shanthi Streat | 27 May, 2015 | Grammar, Vocabulary
Say or Tell? These two ‘little’ verbs cause so much confusion to English Language learners. I had been thinking for a while to write a post to provide some clarity for learners until lo and behold, the excellent Vicki Hollett and her husband, Jay...
by Shanthi Streat | 19 Apr, 2015 | English Through Music, Grammar, Guest Posts
Today’s post is written by Paul Mains, an English Language Trainer based in Argentina. I had the pleasure of getting to know Paul through Gallery Languages’ blog which I curate and write occasionally for. A month ago he asked me if he could write a piece...
by Shanthi Streat | 1 Dec, 2014 | Grammar, Writing Skills
My clients often struggle with their writing in English especially when it comes to writing complete sentences. In written English, your sentences need to be clear, concise, correct and be coherent. (We call this the Four Cs of writing.) In other words, your thought...
