Exclamation Marks!

An Exclamation Mark or ! is a punctuation‏‎ symbol used at the end of a sentence‏‎ to denote strong feeling: surprise, anger, exuberance: I love you! Get out! I won! It is sometimes known as a bang, a screamer, a shriek, a slammer, a startler, or a pling. Some theories […]

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English Grammar

Grammar is the way in which words come together to form sentences‏‎ (or utterances‏‎ in spoken language). It is difficult to define this word accurately because people use it in different ways. Some definitions include: the branch of linguistics‏‎ which deals with syntax‏‎ and morphology‏‎ and sometimes semantics the study […]

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Emoticons

Emoticons are a modern form of English punctuation. Essentially they are a pictorial representation of a human face which are used to give nuance to a text. For example, I could write: See you on Thursday. In itself, this seems fairly innocuous. However, if next Thursday we plan to attend […]

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Ellipsis‏‎ in English Punctuation

Ellipsis (plural ellipses) is a punctuation‏‎ mark or series of marks that usually show something is missing. For example, ellipsis: indicates an intentional omission of a word or words in a text at the end of a sentence, it indicates a trailing off into silence or an unfinished thought can […]

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Do I Need To Know Grammar to teach English?

This question is often asked by new or potential TEFL teachers, especially since many schools in the UK and USA‏‎ do not teach grammar‏‎ as a matter of course and many high school graduates will not know a verb‏‎ from a noun. Can you describe language? It’s an important question. […]

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