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19 Common Errors in the English Language that You Must Avoid

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You Idiot!: My 7th grade lesson on the English language

“You idiot” might have been one of the first phrases I learned in English.

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It was not necessarily directed at me (at least, not that time!). It was often directed at the 11-year old boy sitting next to me in class in Izmir, Turkey. It came loud and clear from our disgruntled British teacher. He was almost always disgruntled, poor man, not to mention visibly hurt when we mangled his perfect language. [Read more…] about 19 Common Errors in the English Language that You Must Avoid

Best 18 Quotes From Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”

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Reading on the iPad in Berlin

You want to write well and never run out of ideas? You want to be inspired, entertained, left in awe and wonder of beauty and learn something at the same time? You want to improve your vocabulary and enhance the use of your English (or other) language? You want to keep your mind sharp and active?

Read a timeless classic!

There is a reason that a classic endures beyond the life of the author and past the turn of century after century. There is a reason that a classic will never go “out of style” and every generation will still be able to pick it up, and appreciate it to some level, whatever their education level may be. [Read more…] about Best 18 Quotes From Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Why to Read the Classics: Celebrating our Literary Heritage

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Aside from a handful of reading assignments in high school and a few beloved thick classics which slipped through, I turned my back to literature and the classics for the sake of science, engineering, and a career in technology.

“How on earth would English Literature or any other classic help me toward excelling in grad school or getting the next promotion?”, I thought, tossing aside even the remote possibility of engaging in such an activity. Quite rightly, it probably would not have helped me. Jane Austen or Emily Brontë would have never been instrumental in writing my thesis on “Effects of pulse shape on performance of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Multiple Access communication systems“! Or in getting that next promotion, for that matter. [Read more…] about Why to Read the Classics: Celebrating our Literary Heritage