Category: learning

A picture is worth a thousand words. And Good Grammar Day to You Today! I’d like to discuss the mnemonic devices today with you. Everyone should have heard this expression or word construction. What is a mnemonic device? Mnemonics (pronounced “ne-mon’-ics”) assist the memory, using a system of rhymes, rules, phrases, diagrams, or acronyms. (Study…

Today the best-selling subject is the history of the language. When I was a student, I used to like the history, though I used to dislike the history of the languages due to the teaching methods. This is a kind of a mixed feeling. Nevertheless, I think that a student without bad teaching experience should…

Do you remember the prefixes subject? As I’ve promised, we’re continuing the discovery of the prefixes. What are prefixes? A prefix is an affix which is placed before the root of a word. Adding it to the beginning of the word changes it to another one. For example, when the prefix un- is added to…

I’d say that English is simple but complicated. Can you see my point? We’re happy to learn it quickly, almost with no effort. [If someone told me before such a brave and silly thing, I’d refuse this information at once! When I was a kid I was thinking out the variants of finding my English…