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The Use of Brackets and Braces in Written English

Punctuation marks are a convention of written language that ensure the clarity of writing to make reading more easily understandable. Brackets and braces are used in seven basic ways in the English language.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10,330 pts

) on Apr 3, 2009 to
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The Use of Italicization in Written English

Similar to punctuation marks, typographical techniques like italicization are a convention of written language that help readers more easily read and understand writing. Italicization is used in five basic ways in the English language.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10,330 pts

) on Apr 2, 2009 to
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English Phrasal Verbs for ESL Students

Phrasal verbs are formed by a verb and one or more prepositions. English phrasal verbs may be intransitive, nonseparable transitive, optionally separable transitive, or obligatorily separable transitive.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10,330 pts

) on Mar 31, 2009 to
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The Use of Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks in Written English

Punctuation marks are a convention of written language that increase the ease with which readers understand writing. Periods, question marks, and exclamation marks are used in seven basic ways in written English.

Published by Heather Marie Kosur (10,330 pts

) on Mar 30, 2009 to
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Paragraph Writing

Composing paragraphs is the basis of all writings. Good writing (composition) skills are required by all, student or professional. A paragraph should invite the reader to read. The beginning and the end should be impressive and captivating.

Published by Meetu (6,587 pts

) on Mar 5, 2009 to
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If — Give It A Rest

Rudyard Kipling is probably the culprit in his poem IF for letting this little word have full reign. The word has been run into the ground. There seem to be innumerable hypothetical possibilities in the world that warrant its overuse. It could use a nice holiday once in a while. A vacation maybe?

Published by Larry Gordon (1,909 pts

) on Mar 5, 2009 to
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ESL students and marketing

Many ESL students struggle to understand English words from marketing and promotional material that they encounter in their daily activities. Brochures, flyers, posters, billboards, TV commercials and radio adds can all be confusing for an English language learner.

Published by Anne Vize (14,963 pts

) on Feb 19, 2009 to
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Eponymous Words- Words Originating From Names of Persons

Every language takes words from different sources. The English language too does the same. In this article we look at words originating from names of different people. Such words are known as Eponymous words. It serves as an interesting topic for a vocabulary exercise.

Published by Meetu (6,587 pts

) on Feb 9, 2009 to
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Seasonal poetry for reading in ESL classes

Ideas for teaching seasonal poetry in ESL classes.

Published by Sonal Panse (12,123 pts

) on Feb 7, 2009 to
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Building Vocabulary for ESL students– Roots of Words from the Fields of Medicine

Learning new words by understanding the etymology is not only an interesting technique to increase vocabulary but also a method which opens many new words to the learner. Medicine is a field which has a lot of specializations, so understanding the roots of these words opens many more words.

Published by Meetu (6,587 pts

) on Feb 6, 2009 to
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