... need to learn in order to communicate in English. Why do I need to know grammar?For teachers of ESL/EFL learners, a knowledge of how English works is essen-tial. Teachers need to be able to talk ... ESL/EFL teacher need to know the difference between prescriptiveand descriptive grammar?ESL/EFL teachers need to understand what learners need to know in order to learn English. The needs of ... look”? The director or some thing or place in the city?rIf the director has a “new look,” perhaps you want to write: City Fires Directorfor His New Look.rIf the city is meant to have a “new...
... totalled Whether to double or not to double the l is discussedat -l/-ll toto See in toto.tour de forceThis French phrase means literally “feat of strength”. In English it usually refers to ... heading.topic sentences These are the sentences that signal what a paragraph is to beabout. See under paragraphs.tormentor or tormenter Dictionaries always give first preference to tormentor, but ... present tormenter as an acceptable alternative.tornado, hurricane or cyclone See cyclone.torpedo For the plural, see under -o.torturous or tortuous The first word has torture in it, and torturous...
... inreferring to a repertory theatre company, which offers a set of plays for a shortseason. In the past it could, like repertoire, refer to a set of performable items,and also to a repository of ... Incidental references to them in history books and encyclopediasare usually abbreviated to St. In the indexes to religious books, saints’ names areentered alphabetically according to their given names, ... showing reverence, and there’s little to choose between them, except that reverent seems to be applied to people andtheir ordinary behavior:Reverent visitors to the chapel spoke in hushed whispers.Reverential...
... it into the wrong declension.(If you’re going to go Greek you need platypodes. Cf. octopus.) Above all it was amistake to bypass the standard English plural for a word that was coined in English anyway. ... which is attached to simple English verbs, and becomes integral to their meaning, as with take up,write off and many more. (See further under phrasal verbs.) It also serves to refer to the much censured ... maximumeffect.The ultimate key to persuasion is in getting the audience or reader to shareyour value system to agree that something is worthwhile, or to be condemned.This often comes back to using evaluative...
... discoverer, photographer, executioner, organizer. Principal exceptions: counsellor, carburettor, conqueror. 3. -or follows -at- to form a suffix -ator, often but not always in words related to verbs ... -er. So supervisor, compressor, prospector, but adviser, presser, perfecter. -tor usually follows -c, unstressed i, and u, e.g. actor, compositor, executor; -ter usually follows f, gh, l, r, ... of final consonant" in topic 1.16). 2. Dropping of silent -e (see "dropping of silent -e" in topic 1.17). 3. Y to i (see "y to i" in topic 1.50). 1.22 -erous or -rous...
... and -ible” in topic 1.3; “ae and oe” in topic 1.4; “-ce or -se” in topic 1.14; “doubling of final consonant” in topic 1.16; “dropping of silent -e” in topic 1.17; “hyphens” in topic 1.27; ... “l and ll” in topic 1.32; “-oul-” in topic 1.36; “-our or -or” in topic 1.37; “past of verbs, formation of” in topic 1.38; “-re or -er” in topic 1.41; “-xion or -ction” in topic 1.45; “-yse ... potatoes = shouts of “bravo!”) heroes salvoes (= discharges salvos buffaloes innuendoes = reservations, excuses) calicoes mangoes stuccoes cargoes mementoes tomatoes dingoes mosquitoes tornadoes...
... requires learners to have a very good knowledge of verbs and how to use them effectively. Therefore, in my study, I describe research to phrasal verbs in English and how tostudy them effectively. ... (aircraft) to move from the ground and begin to fly_Touch down _ (aircraft) to land on the ground_Set off _ to start a journey_Check in _ to show your ticket at an airport so you can be told whereyou ... aircraft_See off _ to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye.VI. ConclusionI decided to do research on English phrasal verbs and how tostudy themeffectively”...
... discoverer, photographer, executioner, organizer. Principal exceptions: counsellor, carburettor, conqueror. 3. -or follows -at- to form a suffix -ator, often but not always in words related to verbs ... -er. So supervisor, compressor, prospector, but adviser, presser, perfecter. -tor usually follows -c, unstressed i, and u, e.g. actor, compositor, executor; -ter usually follows f, gh, l, r, ... final consonant" in topic 1.16). 2. Dropping of silent -e (see "dropping of silent -e" in topic 1.17). 3. Change of y to i (see "y to i" in topic 1.50). Note laid,...