Learning American English

I just can't deal with it! Commonly Confused Words 1 Even though many native English speakers may make this mistake, as a learner you will be expected to use the proper words or lost points on assessments (tests & papers) and international examinations.  Look at this chart: Count Non-Count Affirmative a few a little Negative few little Comparative fewer less Count nouns (nearly all end in an s ) take plural verbs but also plural quantifiers like few .  Check out the following sentences, and again incorrect ones are indicated by an asterisk (*): I have little classes this semester 1 .* => I have few classes this semester. She only has a little opportunities to travel.* => She only has a few  oppotunities to travel. There are less people in there than before.* => There are fewer  people in there than before. Non-Count nouns  (exceptions to the gener

WELCOME!!! All right, so yet another new blog dedicated to English language learning and, more imporantly YOU, the LEARNERS in this ongoing task. Your Author First, a word about me.  Associate Professor of English in a French business school, I have taught English as a second language for nearly 31 years as well as being very interested in linguistics in general, history of language, language/linguistic change and mutation, teaching methods and pedagogy, translation and interpreting.  Sure, I am specialized in business English, but not only.  These other areas will come across in my blog posts later on. So, Why this Blog? The main purpose of this blog is to be a complementary learning tool  for my students, friends, acquaintances and their networks of friends, family, and so on.  Please look on it as a reference  guide, one of many references available on the internet.  When other sites, pages, exercises, and so on are available elsewhere, I will make reference to them.  When