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Introduction
Why does English matter?
I don’t know if I have to answer this question.

Lexical analysis
You should learn words to understand a lot of situations, one book cannot provide you with all English vocabulary, that is the dictionary's purpose. However, we know read directly the dictionary is boring.
Verbs
Adverbs
conjunctions
Prepositions
Thesaurus is a tool to choose the right words.
Grammar analysis
English is not a free context grammar.
Dependent prepositions
English associate some prepositions with verbs, they are dependent prepositions. My way to know if some prepositions apply is by searching in a dictionary and checking out the examples.
Suppose we look up “associate” on the Merriam-Webster website, the example is “They were closely associated with each other during the war.” so the verb “associate” is associated with “with”.

Dependent prepositions. (2023, January 04). Retrieved from https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/b2g001-dependent-prepositions
Prepositions: position and stranding
Prepositions: position and stranding
Contributors to Wikimedia projects. (2023, January 04). Preposition stranding - Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preposition_stranding&oldid=1131578153
Prepositions. (2023, January 04). Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/prepositions
What is Reposition Stranding in Grammar? (2023, January 04). Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/preposition-stranding-grammar-1691666
My Lingua Academy. (2022). Questions with Prepositions at the End - My Lingua Academy. My Lingua Academy. Retrieved from https://myenglishteacher.co.uk/2022/06/12/questions-with-prepositions-at-the-end
Note. Are the questions 'Does it equal X?' and 'Is it equal to X?' equal? Yes, they are.
Tenses
DECLENSION OF NOUNS
https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/101/Declension.pdf
Grammar cases
Word transformation
Verb to noun
Adjective to noun
Adjective + ness
Adjective to adverb
Adjective + ly
Denials but “no” or “not”
“Succession season four is officially set to premiere in spring 2023, but the exact date has yet to be determined”.
“The thesis can be viewed as nothing but an ordinary mathematical definition.”
“Latin does not depend on word order for basic meaning, but on inflections (changes in the endings of words) to indicate the function of words within a sentence.”
“I’ve learned it at the university in a course and through X, but I’ve mostly forgotten everything but the basics.”
Denials without “does”
We cannot give a short certificate for a graph not to have a Hamiltonian Path.
Grammar Construction
TODO: CFG
Adverbs before or after?
Endonym and exonym
Transitions
thereby, therefore,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQk67meYUA
If X, the question
If you don't have memory, do you call RAM?
Constructions
- To + Fo
- not only __ but also __
- both __ and __
- from __ to __
- as __ as __
- between __ and __
- (n)either __ (n)or __
- "stand on " vs. "stand in " vs. "stand for "
Semantics analysis
Meetings
Suggest time
- How about _______ (day or time)?
- Are you available on ________ (day) at ________ (time)?
- How does ________ (day or time) sound?
- What about _________ (day or time)? Does that work?
https://www.lingobest.com/free-online-english-course/how-to-arrange-a-meeting-in-english/
Address and directions
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/in-the-south-of-england-or-on-the-south-of-england.2506712/
- I’m living in Southern California.
- My house is in the south of England
- Where I’m living is to the south of California.
- Mexico is to the south of the USA.
- I live in a little town ON the south coast of England
- I live in a little town IN the South of England.
https://englishgrammarapp.com/
slight
hard-featured
summon
settled
- Preposition
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/-Your-Yours-and-Letter-Writing
n/a. (2022, November 02). Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/n-a
Sentences
It is not uncommon to meet with an opinion that though
the promoting manufactures may be the interest of a part
of the Union, it is to that of another part.
Alexander Hamilton, "Report on Manufactures," originally published in 1791.
Conventional expressions
"stand on " vs. "stand in " vs. "stand for in awe
- not only __ but also __
- both __ and __
- from __ to __
- as __ as __
- between __ and __
- (n)either __ (n)or __
verb + preposition.
preposition + noun.
https://blog.prepscholar.com/all-the-sat-idioms-you-need-complete-list-and-tips
https://rm.coe.int/tool-33-a-list-of-expressions-for-everyday-communication-language-supp/16807171b7
Subjects
“Just woke up to the news that more Tweeps were summarily fired last night.”
Eric Frohnhoefer @ 🏡 on Twitter. (2022, November 14). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/EricFrohnhoefer/status/1592528714126233600
Is “I woke up” or “you woke up”? is it a command?
The answer is I woke up.
Types of conditional
https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/Cormen-rules.pdf
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/conditionals-if
Forms
if clause, then main clause
if clause, then main clause
main clause if clause
Summary
true | likely/possible | less likely / less posibble | impossible | |
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Form | if present simple, modal verb with future meaning (shall/should/will/would/can/could/may/might) | if past simple, modal verb with future meaning (shall/should/will/would/can/could/may/might) | ||
When? |
- If they have money, they will join us on our vacation. If they had money, they could join us on our vacation.
- If you don’t have to work tomorrow, you will be happier. If you didn’t have to work tomorrow, you would be happier.
- If she goes to sleep earlier, she will not be too tired tomorrow. If she went to sleep earlier, she might not be too tired tomorrow.
- If I win the lottery, I will buy a house. If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
Asking and Giving Direction in English
Personal names
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name
Conjugations
Simple Present
Simple Past
Rebeca and I rewound the commercial when we saw our stimmy.
Present Perfect
I have eaten it. We have sent them. He has shown something else. Adam has been a reveler, but not now.
Modals of Certainty
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/everyday-grammar-may-might-must-modals-certainty/2887387.html
Whom and who
English literature
CliffsNotes
Victorian literature
Villette, Charlotte Brontë
Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs
https://primaryleap.co.uk/activity/converting-nouns-or-adjectives-into-verbs/level-1
Polisemia
There goes…
There goes gravity. (2023, January 16). Retrieved from https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/300705/there-goes-gravity
Subject adjective
You better
Antiphrasis
Quotes analysis
He who believes that a clock has soul attributes the maker’s glory to the work.
He, who believes that a clock has soul, attributes the maker’s glory to the work.
Answer some strange questions —to me
Q: How many Prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: “No”
Q: How many cars do you want in your video?
A: “Yes”
Explanation.
Some people might expect if you ask a number, you get back one, but you can answer “Yes” or “No”. “No” means none of them or as few as possible. “Yes” means all of them or as many as possible.
In fact, Prolog works the similar way
Which language could be more suitable than Prolog for solving logic puzzles?
(Answer: false.)
languages(X).
false
Phonetics. Listening and Speaking.
Right, you are capable to read and write, but they are not enough to communicate with others, you must speak and speak.
Use English phonetics and English ways to name things, including proper names. In other words, don’t use your first-language phonetics.
In English, orthography and pronunciation differ. Indeed, some native speakers turn on subtitles in movies, read captions, or search for lyrics. TODO: Statistics.
References
"Interactive Phonemic Chart: The 44 sounds & symbols of English." 6 June 2017, cambridgeenglishonline.com/interactive_phonemic_chart.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/assets/mw/static/pdf/help/guide-to-pronunciation.pdf
Standard American English. Standard British English.
Writing and speaking with good taste
Writing and speaking phrases that check Standard English is a difficult level less than writing and speaking with good taste.
How to increase your reading skills?
- Increase your vocabulary.
- Understand grammar.
- Reading more.
- On focus.
- Safe steps. Keywords. Inferences.
- Heuristics. Representations.
- Search.
Write verbs over adverbs when you can
You must write verbs over adverbs.
Hove, S. (2018). Grammar 101: Verbs vs. Adverbs - Elite Editing. Elite Editing. Retrieved from https://eliteediting.com/resources/verbs-vs-adverbs
Nonstandard English
Urban dictionary
English Classic literature
American History
Perl Harbor
"Remember Pearl Harbor" Song by Sammy Kaye
British History
Government and Politics
Historical, geographical, social, and economic shapes the culture of those who inhabit any country. So, political systems are in function from their culture —their society.
“Culture” is the way of life of a people, the average of their ideas, knowledge, and values. Culture makes up the bases of social action.
Ideals of democracy
References
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvnb7jvq
Translation
Education
AP
General advice
1. Listen to movies.
Apps
Resources
Diana Hacker. Rules for writing.
Diana Hacker. A pocket-style manual.
Oxford Modern English Grammar by Bas Aarts.
From Old English to Standard English by Dennis Freeborn.
Samuel P. Newman in A Practical System of Rhetoric
"Advanced Grammar in Use" by Martin Hewings
"The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary”
"The Cambridge English Course" by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter:
"New Headway Advanced" by Liz Soars and John Soars:
"English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy
"Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English" or "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary”
"The Oxford Book of English Verse" or "The Norton Anthology of English Literature"
"The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje or "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Grammar and Vocabulary for Advanced" by Martin Hewings
"English Grammar in Use" by Raymond Murphy
"New Headway Advanced" by Liz Soars and John Soars
"The Cambridge English Course" by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter
English
- Bilingual children's books English- Spanish What are your life goals? Why do you want to study in the U.S? Talk about your job in a more detailed way read it out loud a few times before you practice with a teacher
How do I use the phrases "to the south of …", "on the south of …" and "in the south of …"?
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/prepositions-with-compass-points-south-north-etc.1875944/
https://www.quora.com/Which-one-is-correct-‘live-in’-or-‘l-live-at’
Resources
Grammarhow. (2022, December 27). Retrieved from https://grammarhow.com
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/inhalt_grammar.htm
https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/vocabulary-lesson-idioms-alphabetical-order.php?letter=a
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
Latin: Vergil
- The Bedford Handbook - Writing Exercises for practice. - http://dianahacker.com/bedhandbook6e/subpages/wr_menu.asp
- The Bedford Handbook - Grammar Exercises for practice. - http://dianahacker.com/bedhandbook6e/subpages/gm_menu.asp
- Aims Community College - Body Paragraphs Exercise - http://www.aims.edu/student/online-writing-lab/process/body-exercise
- The Writing Center at University of North Carolina - Handouts and Resources - http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab - The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
- Writers' Handbook (University of Wisconsin at Madison) - In this section, you will find many instructional materials developed for the Writing Center - http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/.
- Grammar Bytes - Grammar Instruction with Attitude - http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
- Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling, Capital Community College; Hartford, CN) - The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation. - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
- Big Dog's Grammar - "Maybe some dull, basic English grammar stuff here, but I know how to get to the meat of any subject. Join me as I nose my way through the least you need to know to bluff your way through Freshman comp or any general writing task." - http://www.aliscot.com/bigdog/
https://ted-ielts.com/describe-a-map-language/
https://www.englishclass101.com/blog/2020/07/17/directions-in-english/
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2015/09/principles-of-writing-how-to-avoid-wordiness.html
My exercises
"His English had the flawless, idiomatic ring of a native speaker" about
Satoshi Nakomoto
https://blog.prepscholar.com/all-the-sat-idioms-you-need-complete-list-and-tips
Enantiosemia
Connotation
Denotation
References
1. Montanez, A. (2023). 'Succession' Season 4: Release Date, Cast, Trailer and News. Robb Report. Retrieved from https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/succession-season-4-1234728134