by Scott Dreyer | May 20, 2015 | Vocabulary
Today while teaching online I was helping a student with an email. He had written something like, “If you cannot make this appointment, please notice me.” Oops. This is a COMMON mistake many native speakers of Chinese make when writing or speaking English....
by Scott Dreyer | May 20, 2015 | Vocabulary
Ah, homophones….”What is a homophone?” you may ask. The stem “homo” means “same,” and the stem “phone” means “sound,” so homophones are different words that sound the same. And two particularly tricky...
by Scott Dreyer | May 19, 2015 | Vocabulary
There is a BUNCH of idioms that start with “hit,” so we’ll “hit” another one in this post: Hit the Bottle Meaning: to drink alcohol, especially too much Here are some sample sentences, most of which were created by our online...
by Scott Dreyer | May 19, 2015 | Vocabulary
Thanksgiving is a day set aside for being thankful, but as someone said, “EVERY day should be Thanksgiving Day.” That is, we should take time to be grateful, daily. “Count your blessings” is a saying that reminds to be intentional and...
by Scott Dreyer | Mar 30, 2015 | Vocabulary
Ask Scott Dreyer: This question came to us from one of our online classes, from Lan-fu, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Q. What is the difference between “in an accident” and “on accident”?A. Great question! It’s actually quite simple. “In...
by Scott Dreyer | Feb 27, 2015 | Vocabulary
Couch Potato Many English sayings are hundreds of years old, so they refer to farming, animals and such familiar topics from England’s past.This saying, however, is very modern–it relates to the sedentary lifestyle of many people nowadays. Many folks today...
