The sooner you learn this, the better
Using Comparatives to show Consequences Using comparatives to show consequences, that’s the topic of today. To make adjectives or adverbs comparative in English, you either stick an ‘-er’ on the end if your instinct tells you to, or you put the word ‘more’ in...
How to write a Job Ad in English
A lot of my contacts work in HR, so I get to see a lot of online job ads. As with any kind of advertising, there is an art to writing them, and if you have to do it in a weird language like English, it occurred to me that a bit of help might be useful. Less is More...
Keyboard Symbols: Dash, Slash and Hash
More Keyboard Symbols in English My last blog focused on how to say the main keyboard symbols you need to tell people your email address. Our company address is “Second AT Second-Language DOT net” (second@secondlanguage.net), so we only have to worry about two...