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Questions in Learning English

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Questions in Learning English
Hello readers, are you learning English? Well, when you learn English, it's very important for you to ask questions because asking questions means leading the conversations. The more questions you ask, the faster you will learn English. In this blog, there is a navigation tab that allows you ask questions to me. You can try it and I will be very glad to answer your question because I also can learn from your question.

As you can see, there are closed and open questions in English. Please take a look at these examples: Are you from China? Do you speak English? Do you have a car? These three questions are closed questions because they all start with a verb (are or do). An open question starts with a question word: What is your favourite colour? Where are you from? What is your name? What company do you work for? What does this word mean? One of the most important questions you should constantly ask yourself is this: Why do I learn English? Because if you know why you do, you will find the means how to learn English.


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Theirselves or themselves

9:33 AM 138 Comments
Theirselves or themselves
Hello readers, Good morning (or afternoon/evening when you read this entry). Somebody asked me which is right, theirselves/their selves or themselves.
I once read the post from a blogger like this:

And for blogger, we can speak loud in our blog about Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 to any bloggers and how the ways are, so that they can begin it from their selves, then to their family, their neighbor, and society. Is that good huh?


Well, readers and you, who asked me. Look at the list below. They are the right ones.

Myself
Himself
yourself
herself
themselves
itself





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During and While

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During and While
Hello, readers, today we discuss about the difference between "during" and "while" in a sentence. It is simple.

"During" is a preposition, so it follows the phrase or noun phrase.
"While" is a conjunction, so it follows the sentence or verb phrase.
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See the examples below.

During my journey, I always think of you.
While I am on my journey, I always think of you.

John always got the best achievement during his school.
John always got the best achievement while he was at school.




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Even if, Even Though, As though, As if

8:16 AM 699 Comments
Even if, Even Though, As though, As if
My reader asked me a question as follow:

Dear sir,

Thank u for ur lovly reply.my doubt is where to use "even if",as though,would,nevertheless,nothing but and cats and dogs.i want meaning and give one example for each word.i hope it will be better for my development.

which book is very good for my improvement?i am in chennai.pls suggest.

Regards,

D.Ramamoorthy.


OK, I’ll try to explain here.
Even if means whether or not and has to do with the conditions that may apply.
e.g.
Even if you gave me money, I would not buy the book.

Now compare with this sentence:
Even though you gave me money, I could not buy the book.

The first sentence describes unreal situation and the second real situation.

As though means as if or like
e.g.
D.Ramamoorthy explains the lesson as though he is a teacher

Would is past form of will. But sometimes is used as more polite way e.g.
I would like to go there with you = I want to go there with you.
Would you please tell me why you become like this?

Nevertheless means no the less, notwithstanding, in spite of that, or yet; despite anything to the contrary.
e.g.

While we dislike each other, nevertheless we still agreed.

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