Mastering English: Grammar, Usage, and Real-Life Applications
Could vs. Was Able To
When I was a child, my father could…
I got the job because I was able to…
My grandmother could…
During the weekend, we were able to…
I called her many times during the week, but I wasn’t able to contact her. Finally, I was able to…
When my siblings and I were very young, we didn’t go on vacation because we couldn’t afford it. We worked very hard all together and were able to go on our first trip to the coast.
We left home early, but there was so much traffic that we
Read MorePride and Prejudice: Themes, Characters, and Setting
Setting of Pride and Prejudice
The novel is set in the 19th century, principally in Longbourn, the Hertfordshire country town that is a mile from Meryton and twenty-four miles from London. It is a well-ordered, provincial town, filled with landed gentry and oblivious to the sweeping changes occurring outside the fringes of its narrow, circumscribed vision.
Themes in Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice both stand in the way of relationships, as embodied in the persons of Darcy and Elizabeth, respectively.
Read MoreBalancing Work, Studies, and University Life
Working While You Study
Most students want to become independent before their time and decide to work and study at the same time. Are the advantages of working while you study more than the disadvantages?
On the one hand, working while you study is a good idea to start saving and leaving your parents’ house, so you start to have more autonomy and independence. First of all, working while you study can help you to disconnect from studies and perhaps help you to have better grades. Secondly, studying
Read MoreCeremonial Etiquette: Essential Rules and Practices
1. What is the Difference and What Does it Denote?
The difference lies in good behavior, education, culture, and refinement. Culture denotes the background of the individual.
2. What are Private and Public Ceremonies?
- Private Ceremony: A special situation attended by unofficial individuals.
- Public Ceremony: An event of order called by a state or government organization.
3. How is Protocol Defined and How Did it Originate?
Protocol is defined as a special order of care. It originated throughout history
Read MoreTop 3 Benefits of Learning a Foreign Language
There are a lot of reasons to learn a foreign language, but I think that the 3 most important reasons are: you can speak to more people, you can boost career opportunities, and you can make travel more fun.
Speak to More People
The first reason is that you will be able to speak to more people because you will be able to understand them easily. Because of this, you can get to know other cultures, make some new friends, and you will feel comfortable in another country if you know the language. Besides,
Read MoreCommon English Idioms, Proverbs, and Grammar Essentials
Common English Idioms
- An arm and a leg
- Off the top of my head
- All ears
- A pain in the neck
- Pulling my leg
- Time flies
- A whale of a time
- Once in a blue moon
- The eleventh hour
- Buy time
- Under the weather
- Cats and dogs
- Don’t have the foggiest idea
- Right as rain
- On cloud nine
- A piece of cake
- Couch potato
- Go bananas
- In a nutshell
- Hold your horses
- A fish out of water
- Bugs
- Bookworm
- When pigs fly
Common English Proverbs
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Home is where the heart is
- Two in distress makes sorrow less
- A man is known by