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Adverb Placement: Where Adverbs Go

Adverbs of Frequency: Word Order and Rules

Adverbs of reason: link cause and result

Adverbs of time: choose natural sentence positions

Advice or advise: asking for help and suggesting a next step

Advice that changed meaning

The speaker has remembered one sentence for years, but no longer understands it in the same way. What changed?

Animal idioms: decode everyday meanings

Articles exercises with answers: Choose A An The

Articles in English: How to Choose

Auxiliary verbs: be do and have

Awesome Meaning: Praise and Clear Feedback

Back down

A manager changes a policy after staff challenge it. She does not move backwards, but people say she backed down.

Back up

A colleague backs you up, research backs up a claim, and software backs up a file. What changes when the object changes?

Beside or besides: position and addition

Beside, Besides, or Except: Choose the Right Word

Blow away

A performance blows the audience away while a gust blows the programmes away. Emotion and wind create different meanings with the same form.

Booking a hotel room

A guest books three nights and asks for one room feature. Which services are included, and when does free cancellation end?

Bored or boring: Talk about your class

Bother

Noise can bother you, a thought can bother you, and you may not bother to reply. The first two affect feelings; the last describes effort.

Brake or break: Choose the Right Spelling

Break up

A couple breaks up, a meeting breaks up, and a phone call starts breaking up. Only one involves a romantic relationship.

Breathe when public speaking: Pause before each point

Bring about

A small decision can produce a large result. Bring about connects the cause to the change that follows.

Bring up

You can bring up a difficult topic, bring up a child, or bring up a file on a screen. Context tells you which action is happening.