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Writing the date in English can be quite difficult and confusing. Here we break down the most common ways that British and American people write the date. If you would also like to see the different ways of saying the year in English click here. BRITISH ENGLISH AMERICAN ENGLISH WRITING...
Writing Rules: Repeating subjects. It is quite common for language learners, especially Spanish natives, to repeat a subject as this is normal in their language. However, this can cause confusion in English. It is important to remember that you can use more than one subject in a sentence, but you...
English Essays- Exam Writing. It’s exam season and what I see most of my students struggle with is writing. Maybe email writing is a bit easier, but the dreaded essay is something that lowers most students’ scores. Let’s look at this basic model for writing essays that will guarentee a...
Exam Writing: Criteria Essays. It’s exam season and that means that everyone is working to improve their reading and listening skills, but don’t forget your writing skills! CRITERIA FOR GRADING ESSAYS Examiners are looking at 4 specific areas. Content Communicative achievement Organization For an ‘against’ essay use: Introduction Reasons against...
English: By vs till / until. It can be quite confusing when we are writing work emails to know if we should use by or until. It’s true that until can often be translated as ‘hasta‘ in Spanish, but not always. BY Meaning Examples TILL / UNTIL Meaning (positive) Examples...
English Writing: notifying errors. Communicating an error or mistake can be a delicate matter, especially in emails. So, make sure that your language is clear, not aggressive and is focused on the solution. NOTIFYING AN ERROR Here are some of the basic rules for making complaints or for telling someone...
Making requests in English. It’s true that us Americans are very direct giving answers and advice, however, when we need to request something, we usually take the indirect, more polite route. In Spanish, you would call this ‘haciendo pelota’ (kissing ass in English) but I promise it’s just built into...
C1 Advanced Writing. In part 2 of the CAE C1 Advanced Cambridge exam, you have the option of choing between writing a report, a letter or email, a review or a proposal. It can be confusing, knowing what to put and where. Here I have reduced the information into categories...
English writing: Formal and informal. Truth be told, we are not as formal as you think, especially Americans. Not only that, but if you are still using very formal language with me after we have known each other for some time, I may feel offended. Formal language can be seen...
Giving advice in English. There are only a few occasions when you should be using ‘have to’ with someone. If you are not in one of these three situations, then stop telling people in English what they ‘have to do’. This is a strong statement for us and is usually...
English emails: I’m writing. When writing emails in Spanish, it’s quite common to use Present Simple: I write… However, in English we use Present Continuous to write about something that is happening in the moment. I’m writing this blog post right now, so I use Present Continuous. EMAILS Starting emails...
English: gerunds that follow to. Gerunds and Infinitives are always difficult to remember (click here for more on gerunds vs infintives). They are also a large part of the B2 and C1 exams for Cambridge, Oxford, EILTS, EOI and so on. And let’s not forget that we use gerunds and...
B2 Writing tips: RED. Most people do not do well on the writing part of the exam. This is simply because we do not add enough RED: reasons, examples and details. The great thing about using reasons, examples and details is that you are also more likely to use connectors...
Writing Rules: Mr, Miss, Mrs, Ms. You may have heard of Mr., Miss and Mrs., but have you heard of Ms.? History of Ms. The idea of Ms was originally presented by publishers as early as the 1900s who wanted to avoid embarrassment by mistaking a woman’s status. It wasn’t...
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