Combinations of Nouns
I’ve finally come to the last trick I know to cut the number of words you use in English. They’re called “Noun + Noun Combinations”, they’re flexible, and they’re useful in situations where you have to watch your wordcount. You’ll see them often in presentation...
Inglés y marketing
En muchas actividades de nuestra vida el inglés es importante para desarrollarnos como personas y también como profesionales. En muchos ámbitos esta lengua gana terreno e importancia y pasa a ser uno de los puntos fuertes que nos va a permitir abrirnos puertas en este...
Combining Nouns: Possessive S and Other Weirdness
In my ongoing mission to reduce PowerPoint text to a minimum, this blog looks at how English uses phrases like “Mary’s phone” to show that one noun “owns” another without the need for prepositions. These short cuts for combining nouns can be confusing for non-native...
Nearly Real
This blog was going to be about slides and bullet points, and I’ll attack that topic next, but when I read Montse’s article about adapting to teleworking, I couldn’t resist the chance to add my perspective as a teacher. Converting our classes to a remote format saved...