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Question 372 - Present or past perfect tense Question 371 - How to learn English well? Question 370 - How to say ‘Seck faan!’ (食飯) in English? Question 369 - Placing ‘either … or’ in a sentence & split infinitives Question 368 - Chinese New Year greetings Question 367 - Nouns like ‘the poor’ and ‘the suffering’ Question 366 - Difference between ‘breath’ and breathe’ Question 365 - ‘Must’ in the past tense Question 364 - How to write better? Question 363 - Difference between a biography and an autobiography Question 362 - Difference between ‘Have you been to Japan?’ and ‘Have you ever been to Japan?’ Question 361 - Where to add ‘s’ in compound nouns like ‘twenty-cent coin’? Question 360 - Can a comma come after a fullstop be omitted? Question 359 - Difference between ‘hung’ and ‘hanged’ Question 358 - Are answers to questions complete sentences? 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Question 236 -- Using online dictionaries to find 'get on' 'get off' Question 235 -- Using 'a' or 'an' Question 234 -- Meaning of 'All Time High' Question 233 -- Meaning of 'fed up' and 'credit crunch' Question 232 -- Using 'he' or 'him' Question 231 -- Prepositions with 'playground' Question 230 -- How can I improve my writing? Question 229 -- Ending a letter or email Question 228 -- Difference between 'classic' and 'classical' Question 227 -- Are 'could have done' and 'would have done' in the past perfect tense? 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Question 210 -- Meaning of 'let's play it by ear' Question 209 -- The difference between a job and a career Question 208 -- 'in a train' or 'on a train' Question 207 -- Difference between 'when' and 'while' Question 206 -- Using the present continuous (e.g. it is starting) to talk about the future Question 205 -- Difference between 'in a moment' and 'at the moment' Question 204 -- How to improve your English Question 203 -- Saying you are Chinese (talking about nationality) Question 202 -- Difference between 'high' and 'highly' Question 201 -- Different ways to talk about coffee Question 200 -- Using 'suffer' Question 199 -- Talking about checking something Question 198 -- Difference between 'UFO' & 'alien' and the meaning of 'treadmill' Question 197 -- Using 'spilt', 'ruin', 'stain' & 'spoil' Question 196 -- 'Lunchtime' or 'lunch time' Question 195 -- Difference between 'beggar' and 'busker' Question 194 -- Answering 'Why...?' questions with 'because' Question 193 -- Using 'footballers', 'going' and 'posters' Question 192 -- The HKCEE oral exam Question 191 -- Talking about 'expensive' items and high prices Question 190 -- Using 'home town' to talk about your parents' village in English Question 189 -- Meaning and use of 'granted' Question 188 -- Using 'is' or 'are' with two objects Question 187 -- The difference between 'dead' and 'died' Question 186 -- The difference between 'concern for' and 'concern with' Question 185 -- Difference between under & underneath and at home & in home Question 184 -- Idioms with 'pay' Question 183 -- Pronouncing foreign words, such as ballet and cafe Question 182 -- Meaning of 'in bulk' Question 181 -- Different types of dates Question 180 -- Making plural nouns from words ending in 'y' (e.g. studies, monkeys) Question 179 -- Using 'discuss' and 'talk about' Question 178 -- Countable nouns such as 'reductions' Question 177 -- Meaning of 'Year of the Boar' and Chinese New Year in Singapore Question 176 -- Using 'awaiting', 'longing for' and 'dying for' in writing Question 175 -- Saying 'put the desk and chairs back in their original place' informally Question 173 -- Difference between 'model' and 'modelling' Question 172 -- Difference between fare, fee, bill, charge, cost, price & expenses Question 171 - Overused words in Hong Kong - moreover & phenomenon Question 170 -- Talking with native speakers Question 169 -- Meaning of 'flirt' and 'peck on the cheek' Question 168 -- Grammar and song lyrics Question 167 -- Online listening materials at English Campus Question 166 -- Describing hair loss in men Question 165 -- Meanings of 'See you around' and 'a bit of alright' Question 164 -- Different ways to show happiness for someone Question 163 -- Describing pregnant women Question 162 -- Usage of ‘Messrs’ in business letters Question 161 -- Participating in solo verse speaking competitions Question 158 -- Plural forms of animals Question 157 -- Proper nouns Question 156 -- Using 'the' before place names Question 155 -- Writing business e-mails Question 154 -- Using the singular or plural form after collective nouns Question 153 -- Phrasal verbs often used in school Question 152 -- Difference between 'practice' and 'practise' Question 151 -- Difference between 'inform' & 'notify', 'level' & 'floor', 'buy' & 'purchase' and 'race', 'competition' & 'contest' Question 150 -- Omitting repeated words in sentences Question 149 -- Avoid using 'I' in business writing Question 148 -- Talking about the weather Question 147 -- Using 'good' and 'goodness' as nouns Question 146 -- Chat rooms for learning English Question 145 -- The difference between anyone & anybody, everyone & everybody, no one & nobody, someone & somebody Question 144 -- Idioms to describe talented people Question 143 -- Verbs that are not used in passive voice Question 142 -- Level Playing Field Question 141 -- The impersonal 'it' Question 140 -- When to follow verbs with gerunds and 'to infinitive' verbs Part 2 Question 139 -- When to follow verbs with gerunds and 'to infinitive' verbs Question 138 -- How to use 'the following' Question 137 -- The difference between 'different' and 'differing' Question 136 -- Our NET translates a Chinese saying and explains the meaning of 'We have had words' Question 135 -- Two new idioms ('milk something' and 'fall just short') Question 134 -- How to use 'born' Question 133 -- The difference between 'under' and 'underneath' Question 132 -- The difference between 'there will be' and 'it will be' Question 131 -- The difference between 'talk to' and 'talk with' Question 130 -- The difference between 'prior' and 'previous' Question 129 -- Can we say 'Long time no see' in English? 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Question 399 - Should ‘s’ be added after ‘any’ and ‘no’
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