In the last post, I looked at (what I call) a ‘Chinglish Verb’. So, what’s a Chinglish Verb? It’s a verb in Chinese which has two verbs in English. Yes, English often makes it complicated by having two verbs for something which in Chinese is just one verb. This leads to ‘Chinglish’ mistakes.
- Sep 04 Fri 2020 10:57
Chinglish 2: 'Understand' & 'Realise'
- Sep 03 Thu 2020 12:23
Chinglish 1: make/let [Sth./Sb.] [Verb]
In the last few posts, I’ve looked at some tricky pairs of words. I’ll continue to do this, but now I’ll look at the ones which are two verbs in English, but one verb in Chinese. Yes, English often makes it complicated by having two verbs for something which in Chinese is just one verb. This often leads to ‘Chinglish’ mistakes. Now, let’s look at:
- Sep 02 Wed 2020 10:44
Historic & Historical: Another Tricky Pair of Words
In the last three posts, I looked at tricky pairs of verbs: to irritate/aggravate, to lend/borrow, and to imply/infer. Now, I will do this again, but with some adjectives. Here’s a very tricky pair:
- Sep 01 Tue 2020 09:47
Dogs versus Cats: Imply & Infer
In my last post, I wrote about the verbs to ‘lend’ and to ‘borrow’. These aren’t too hard (yet people still make mistakes with them). But here’s a harder couple of verbs: to ‘imply’ and ‘infer’. As with lend and borrow, these verbs have direction involved in them.
- Aug 31 Mon 2020 10:25
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears
The title to this post is a famous line from Shakespeare’s play: Julius Caesar. The Roman leader, Julius Caesar, is murdered (as shown in the above picture), and afterwards Mark Antony tries to speak to the angry crowd, beginning with these famous words. But it reminds me of a problem I often hear in class regarding: to lend and to borrow something (usually money).
- Aug 30 Sun 2020 10:59
'Irritate' versus 'Aggravate': there IS a Difference
- Aug 27 Thu 2020 12:13
A Useful Spelling Mnemonic: Separate the Rat!
- Aug 24 Mon 2020 11:24
The 'Raven' spelling rule
- Aug 16 Sun 2020 14:59
Andrew 老師平日英文 (雅思) 課程即將開課
- Jul 04 Sat 2020 01:00
Andrew老師平日雅思(英文)課程即將開課
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