Wow, I went to put my link in the Educational channel of discord and I see your post! I had a similar idea, though mine is MUCH simpler than yours - just vocabulary words. You went into a lot of detail, and I look forward to your series. It's been a long time since English class and I know I do a lot of things wrong these days grammar-wise.
Great innitiative, I wish someone can come up with theaching Spanish. I need that. 😉 Anyways, I learned something new from you. ‘A European’ - I thought it is ‘An European’ ... guess I was wrong.
Hey @jonsnow1983 loved the way you put up the basic. I truly believe a man do not need any certificate to prove his/ her capability. Having a strong foundation on any subject can prove the mettle. Though English is neither our mother language and I do face many issues...hope to coverup with basic things....thanks for sharing..
Great post, @jonsnow1983.
Hope you can post enough issues in this series to compile a book :)
This kind of brief and clear tips are always useful, even for those who already speak some English.
One case that always intrigued me is the use of the article in words such as historic/historical
it should be a historic/al
and yet, there will be instances where we'll see an historic/al
most will say it is because of regional tendencies to silence the initial h.
Another explanation may be to avoid confusion with words like ahistorical (that carry the negative prefix a)
Thanks for reading brother. I really appreciate it. I pretty much agree with you as it should be "a historic/al" I've heard similar things about the word "hotel"
Wicked awesome idea, @jonsnow1983! I'm a native speaker, and English still hurts my brain on a regular basis, so kudos to you for tackling this! 😂
Oh, and...
Great post @jonsnow and a great idea. I am a former English online writing tutor and I know how hard it is to explain these concepts: you did a fabulous job. Articles are soooo hard to define and especially for speakers of languages that don't have them.
One comment: you talk about the "mute" "h" . Technically, we describe those letters as "silent". And a way you can help to describe words that start with the silent "h" is that when the word is spoken, the opening syllable (part of the word) sounds like a consonant.
Then, I want to pick up on @hlezama's comment: In modern English and informal English, sometimes "a" is used before "h", as is often the case with hotel. Historically, and you still find some people from Britain, who still talk about "an hotel".
Language is so interesting: country and regional dialects are so fascinating and I so admire people who learn another language to a level of competence that they can write in it - as you do!
Congratulations!
I look forward to your future posts and if you need a sounding board, drop me a note on Discord.
Awesome post! I am both a native English speaker AND a (former) teacher of English so I was quite curious to read your post regarding the indefinite article.
Nicely done!
I'll certainly follow you and hope to see many more posts on the subject.
Nothing wrong here, but I stand corrected as both Marian and I are rusted, certified as TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teachers.
We had a huge influx of French speaking refugees a long time ago and @papilloncharity decided to help them with their communication problems. I think we taught about 4000+ of them.
Since then we are working in other fields of need and the teaching has fallen by the wayside!
You are certainly performing a much needed task here my friend!
Blessings!
I have always felt this way about English
I used to even read the Dictionary
A couple of new words a day, find out the meaning and try and use it in my conversations
It was fun until I discovered music... hahaha
I agree with @steemflow. There are plenty of English speakers that can't speak English LOL. Here's one for you. An M&M 😊 when I tutored in high school, this was one my 'student' had a hard time understanding. He held the M&M , saw it yet struggled a little bit with wanting to say A M&M. Especially since in Spanish their indefinite articles definitely do not perform like English's.
Good refresher course. I'm sure non-English speakers will get a lot out of this. English speakers, as well, if they pay attention. I've always hated the term "indefinite article." But you made me appreciate it a whole lot more.
This is SUCH a fantastic idea!!!!!!!!! REALLLLLY COOL!!!
Thanks for sharing honey. I really appreciate it.
Well worth the share! Sorry I didn't upvote but am busy recharging my vp until tom morning.
Wow, I went to put my link in the Educational channel of discord and I see your post! I had a similar idea, though mine is MUCH simpler than yours - just vocabulary words. You went into a lot of detail, and I look forward to your series. It's been a long time since English class and I know I do a lot of things wrong these days grammar-wise.
Great innitiative, I wish someone can come up with theaching Spanish. I need that. 😉 Anyways, I learned something new from you. ‘A European’ - I thought it is ‘An European’ ... guess I was wrong.
You can find the community announcement on Discord :) and it has also been shared on our FB Page and Twitter feed.
Hey @jonsnow1983 loved the way you put up the basic. I truly believe a man do not need any certificate to prove his/ her capability. Having a strong foundation on any subject can prove the mettle. Though English is neither our mother language and I do face many issues...hope to coverup with basic things....thanks for sharing..
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Congrats on the rally upvote 🙌😀
Shared to Twitter, sorry recharging upvote after weekend.
Great way to help others with the English language @jonsnow1983
Great post, @jonsnow1983.
Hope you can post enough issues in this series to compile a book :)
This kind of brief and clear tips are always useful, even for those who already speak some English.
One case that always intrigued me is the use of the article in words such as historic/historical
it should be a historic/al
and yet, there will be instances where we'll see
an historic/al
most will say it is because of regional tendencies to silence the initial h.
Another explanation may be to avoid confusion with words like ahistorical (that carry the negative prefix a)
Thanks for reading brother. I really appreciate it. I pretty much agree with you as it should be "a historic/al" I've heard similar things about the word "hotel"
Cheers Brother!
Great job, I felt like I was in school again. Mission accomplished. 👍👍
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Nice work! I'm sure this will be helpful to many people.
Wicked awesome idea, @jonsnow1983! I'm a native speaker, and English still hurts my brain on a regular basis, so kudos to you for tackling this! 😂
Oh, and...
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Great post @jonsnow and a great idea. I am a former English online writing tutor and I know how hard it is to explain these concepts: you did a fabulous job. Articles are soooo hard to define and especially for speakers of languages that don't have them.
One comment: you talk about the "mute" "h" . Technically, we describe those letters as "silent". And a way you can help to describe words that start with the silent "h" is that when the word is spoken, the opening syllable (part of the word) sounds like a consonant.
Then, I want to pick up on @hlezama's comment: In modern English and informal English, sometimes "a" is used before "h", as is often the case with hotel. Historically, and you still find some people from Britain, who still talk about "an hotel".
Language is so interesting: country and regional dialects are so fascinating and I so admire people who learn another language to a level of competence that they can write in it - as you do!
Congratulations!
I look forward to your future posts and if you need a sounding board, drop me a note on Discord.
Fiona
Awesome post! I am both a native English speaker AND a (former) teacher of English so I was quite curious to read your post regarding the indefinite article.
Nicely done!
I'll certainly follow you and hope to see many more posts on the subject.
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Hey @jonsnow1983, great job many will find this resource useful!
We have a similar thing going on with DTube creators helping each other tackle the language this platform best supports, English.
Nicely done @jonsnow1983 ♥ I'm so glad I don't have to learn English :)))
Keep up the good work...
Nothing wrong here, but I stand corrected as both Marian and I are rusted, certified as TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teachers.
We had a huge influx of French speaking refugees a long time ago and @papilloncharity decided to help them with their communication problems. I think we taught about 4000+ of them.
Since then we are working in other fields of need and the teaching has fallen by the wayside!
You are certainly performing a much needed task here my friend!
Blessings!
This looks like a big task and much needed. :)
What a great idea! I give you 100% and wish I could do more!
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I have always felt this way about English
I used to even read the Dictionary
A couple of new words a day, find out the meaning and try and use it in my conversations
It was fun until I discovered music... hahaha
Very nicely done
Steem On ;D
I agree with @steemflow. There are plenty of English speakers that can't speak English LOL. Here's one for you. An M&M 😊 when I tutored in high school, this was one my 'student' had a hard time understanding. He held the M&M , saw it yet struggled a little bit with wanting to say A M&M. Especially since in Spanish their indefinite articles definitely do not perform like English's.
Good refresher course. I'm sure non-English speakers will get a lot out of this. English speakers, as well, if they pay attention. I've always hated the term "indefinite article." But you made me appreciate it a whole lot more.
Nicely written. I love that you dug in there and really explained it all. I'll be sharing this in the Steem Terminal server for the new people!
Ren