Learning to love LIKE (as opposed to AS…)
Do you know how to love Like? In recent blogs, I attacked the tricky differences between the verbs do and make, but there is another pair of problem children in the English language: AS and LIKE. They both correspond to one keyword in many languages, like como in...
Making you Do Things
In my last blog, I said that if you’re not sure about the differences between the verbs do and make, you should start with do as your main option and learn ‘exceptions’ when you need make. The first occurs when you want to emphasise that you’ve created something new,...
Noun Combinations: Some “Issues”
How you do a noun combinations? Here you have some «issues». If you ever make mistakes using noun combinations like “training courses” in your business English, read on for a guide to the dangers and how to avoid them. “Noun + Noun” combinations like “business...
