There are two ways of expressing ability in English. One, can or could. Two, be able to. In negative sentences, theres no difference in meaning. So, I couldnt lift the piano and I wasnt able to lift the piano mean the same thing. However, in affirmat...
Lets look at some examples. I made my brother carry my suitcase. I had my brother carry my suitcase. I got my brother to carry my suitcase. andI let my brother carry my suitcase. make, have and get can be used to express the idea that X causes Y to d...
try plus an infinitive, that is, to plus a verb, such as try to learn try to open try to read means to make an effort to do it. try plus a gerund, that is, verb-ing, such as try opening, try turning on, try giving means to experiment with a new or di...
Welcome to daily tips on learning English. Todays tip is on sound linking. Although in written English, therere spaces between every word, in spoken English therere almost never (1)pauses between words. In order to understand spoken English, it is (2...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how different vowel lengths are used to differentiate words ending in voiced and voiceless consonants. Lets take an example. Theres something in my eyes. Theres something in my ice. The last...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the difference between voiced and voiced pairs of consonants. This difference is important, as it is the basis for learning other aspects of spoken English. First, lets explain this differen...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how syllable stress can affect the meaning of words. Remenber that stressed syllables are said louder and are lengthened, and unstressed syllables are pronounced more softly, and often have...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on stressed and unstressed syllables. Every English word has more than one syllable, and every complete sentence has at least one stressed syllable. A stressed syllable is pronounced more promi...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how to distinguish the numbers 13, 30, 14, 40 ,15, 50,and so on. Theres often a lot of confusion when people use these words. People often have to ask, Did you say 16 or 60? If you look at t...
Welcome to Daily tips on Learning English. Today's tip is on distinguishing can and cannot in spoken American English.今天我们的主题是can和cannot发音的区别 Cannot is usually contracted to can't. 通常我们在发cannot这个词的时候我...
