by English Wanted | Mar 22, 2021 | learning, presentation, speaking
You know how it is. It’s four o’clock on Friday, you’re on the last Zoom call of the day, and suddenly you’re woken from your daydream by Jones from Marketing: “Anyway, our AB readership, many of whom are ABs, have been thoroughly AB...
by English Wanted | Dec 3, 2018 | editing, learning, proofreading, speaking, writing
I am always impressed by non-native speakers who take real pains to learn the ins and outs of English, and who get the details right in print and in conversation. It’s all the more frustrating, then, to come across repeat errors that seem ingrained in the culture....
by English Wanted | Jul 4, 2018 | learning, speaking, voice
One of the most important lessons for English speakers is understanding how a shift of emphasis from one word to another can alter the meaning of a single sentence. In the following short story, words emphasized like this carry additional stress when spoken. The twins...
by English Wanted | Jul 1, 2018 | editing, learning, speaking, writing
English should be a relatively easy language to learn and use. After all, it has no genders (masculine or feminine), most plurals are made by the simple addition of ‘s’, and most verbs have a past tense that ends in ‘-ed’. But of course...
