Lets take an example. In the sentence My sister who lives in San Francisco is a doctor, the adjective clause is who lives in San Francisco. It describes my sister. Theres no pause before the adjective clause. So, it means that I have more than one si...
In a previous tip, I mentioned how in long sentences, it is necessary to pause between thought groups. However, relatively short sentences may also require pauses to help the listeners organize the stream of sounds correctly. Lets look at some exampl...
Although written English has spaces between every word, spoken English doesnt have pauses between each word, rather words are linked together. However, people do not normally speak without pausing at all. We do pause in speech. While in written Engli...
If you listen to previous daily tips, you will recall that content words, such as nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are normally stressed, and function words, such as personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and prepositions are normally not...
Every student of English has my sympathy in his struggles with the English articles. They are one of the most difficult parts of learning English. First of all, I urge you to do this. Listen to native speakers. When you listen, listen carefully, sinc...
In general, it is true that content words are stressed whereas function words are not stressed. Content words usually convey the meaning of the sentence. Function words make the sentence grammatically correct. Content words are: nouns, main verbs, ad...
The article the is most frequently used to refer to a previously mentioned object. The use of the indicates that your listener should know which object you are referring to. One reason the listener might know which object you are referring to is that...
Welcome to Daily Tips on learning English. Todays tip is on using the articles a and the correctly. More specifically, todays tip is on the difference between using a or an before a singular countable noun and using the or the(i:) before a singular c...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on using or omitting the English article a correctly.今天的主题是a这个冠词的使用 Theres no single rule that explains how to choose whether you should use a, use the or not use any...
Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is to be aware of how some verbs in English, transitive verbs, require an object. Not using an object after a transitive verb is a common mistake made by learners of English. For example, although...