Joseph Rowe

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This, That, These, and Those – An Easy Guide to English Demonstratives

Are you struggling in your English class trying to remember when to use this and that or these and those? You’re not alone. Many English learners make this mistake in their writing and speaking. This guide will help you understand exactly when to use each of these words correctly, so you can speak and write

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Shoutout to VJLangs

Learn Languages with VJLangs – A New Blog for Linguists and Language Nerds

Hi everyone! Today’s post isn’t about English grammar, pronunciation, writing, or anything like that. Instead, it’s about a friend of mine. He just started a blog himself. My friend is a polyglot named Vijay – someone who speaks many different languages. He knows English, Malayalam, Farsi, French, Mandarin, and way too many to count honestly.

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Synonyms vs. Antonyms

Synonyms vs. Antonyms – An Easy Guide For English Learners

Learning any language isn’t easy, but English has a difficulty that many other languages don’t have: it has a lot of words. According to the Oxford dictionary, there are over 170,000 words in use in English right now! We have words as simple as “house” to words as complicated as “antidisestablishmentarianism.” How do English speakers

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3 Tips for Speaking English with Better Pronunciation

Speaking English with native-like pronunciation is many students’ goal. English is a difficult language for many students. A lot of them struggle with the pronunciation for a number of reasons. English spelling causes problems for some students, because many words are spelled differently than they are pronounced. Here are some examples: General American English pronunciation

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Speak American English Like a Native Speaker – /æ/ Vowel Guide

Today’s lesson will cover the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) sound /æ/. This sound is nicknamed “ash,” and it is not found in many languages. It exists in Finnish, Arabic, Persian, and some other languages. It is also in the dialects of some speakers of Turkish and Swedish. For speakers of these languages, this sound will

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