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- Ask The Experts Types of Nouns You know by now that a noun is a word – a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea. Let’s take a closer look at nouns and th...
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Parts of Speech - 1
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- Ask The Experts Parts of Speech Part One What are the parts of speech? In grammar, we traditionally classify words based on eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjec...
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Cultural Holidays: Halloween
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- Every Oct 31st in North American countries children of all ages don costumes, go door-to-door begging for candy, carve pumpkin into glowing lanterns, and come together with fri...
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Passive Voice
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- Ask The Experts This lesson will help you understand what the passive voice is, why many professors and writing instructors frown upon it, and how you can revise your...
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Language Test Essentials
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Desert vs. Dessert
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- Here are some common errors found in writing. DESSERT VS. DESERT Desert: to abandon (verb); a hot, sandy place (noun)• His strength had all but des...
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World English
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- Basic information about how English is used throughout the world particularly in work situations.
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- <span style=”font-family:verdana Bold; font-size:40px; color:#660077;”>Words that guide… Pivotal words and comprehensions help to clarify and guid...
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Adverbial Forms & Positions
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- Adverbials According to grammar, an adverbial is a word, usually an adverb or a group of words that describes, tells something about, or modifies a verb or sentence. An adverbi...
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Adjectives and Adverbs
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- Ask The Experts The tomato was florescent orange For starters, in the sentence above, “orange” is an adjective that modifies the noun “tomato”...
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More Common Grammar Errors
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- Ask The Experts Grammar Mistakes: They get the best of us, including even more confusion to be had! Nothing as simple as the commonly mistaken ...
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Common Grammar Errors
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- Ask The Experts 1. You’re and Your You’re: Meaning you are. Used as a contraction in a sense of saying something about someone else in most cases.Exam...
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- A few frequently fumbled factoids forming first with F Although there aren’t as many words in the “F” category as we’ve seen in other example...
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Commonly Mistaken "C" Words
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- Ask The Experts C is for Cookie… But that doesn’t seem to be good enough for me, at least not when it comes to mistakenly spelling words that begin with C! S...
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Max und Moritz - Vorwort
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Vorwort / Foreword Ach, was muß man oft von bösen Kindern hören oder lesen W...
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Max und Moritz - Überblick
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- Max und Moritz / Max and Moritz Wilhelm Busch This Web edition of Busch’s classic children’s story in german and english incorporatesthe original illustrations. ...
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Max und Moritz - Schluss
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Schluss / Conclusion Als man dies im Dorf erfuhr, War von Trauer keine Spur. Witwe Bolte, mild ...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Letzter Streich / Last Trick Max und Moritz, wehe euch! jetzt kommt euer letzter Streich! Max ...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Sechster Streich / Sixth Trick In der schönen Osterzeit, Wenn die frommen Bäckersleut...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Fünfter Streich / Fifth Trick Wer in Dorfe oder Stadt Einen Onkel wohnen hat, Der sei h&ou...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Vierter Streich / Fourth Trick Also lautet ein Beschluß Daß der Mensch was lernen m...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Dritter Streich / Third Trick Jedermann im Dorfe kannte %{font-family:verdana}Einen, der sich B...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Zweiter Streich / Second Trick Als die gute Witwe Bolte Sich von ihrem Schmerz erholte, Dachte ...
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- Max und Moritz Eine Bubengeschichte in Sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch Erster Streich / First Trick Mancher gibt sich viele Müh’ Mit dem lieben Federv...
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TOEFL Overview
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TOEFL iBT in Depth: Reading
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- This lesson will cover the types of questions you will encounter on the Reading section of the TOEFL iBT test, as well as strategies you can use to improve your score in this se...
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Registering for the TOEFL
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- Like so many other tests and exams, you’ll need to register for the TOEFL, you’ll need to register in advance. Be sure to work this extra time into your plans ...
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TOEFL - The Basics
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- TOE – What? TOEFL stands for Test of English as Foreign Language and is used to measure one’s English language proficiency. The test was developed by the ETS ...
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- If the whole idea of intellectual property and fair use makes your head hurt, join the club.It makes my head hurt, too. I want to get credit for the ideas I contribute to the gl...