Englisch-Nbg

21/03/2016

Happy World Poetry Day!

to hear the sweet sounds of speech being intertwined as we breathe...

that's poetry!

Here's a list of some of the most famous verses found in the English language:

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, / dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix / angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night
'Howl', Allen Ginsberg

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/world-poetry-day-28-of-poetrys-most-powerful-lines-ever-written-a6944301.html

The rhythm of the tongue brings wordless music into the air; it is in poetry that the human essence is refined to such ritualistic purity. It's in the steady beats, the sonorous rise-and-fall of speech; for a moment it appears as if all the mysteries of the world have unlocked themselves to our priv…

21/03/2016

Yesterday was the first day of Spring. Adios, winter!

To many learners of English, baseball might be just that boring American sport no one in their right mind would even try to begin to understand. It has no time limits, meaning it could go for as little as two hours or as long as five. It has very complicated rules and the athletes, wearing …

18/03/2016

What's your biggest fear? Whatever it might be, your fear of, say, spiders or snakes is nothing compared to what happened to Chris Hadfield while orbitting planet Earth.

What’s your biggest fear? I have a strange fear of rats. As soon as I see a rat whithin a 2/10 meter radius, I start feeling queasy and immediately feel the urge to start yelling and run away. But my fear of rats, as your fear of, say, spiders or snakes is nothing compared to …

17/03/2016

Happy !

Eschew green beer and leprechaun jokes for some proper Irish.

16/03/2016

It's quiz time! How many or how much? A little or a few? Test your knowledge with the much/many quiz.

http://www.englisch-nbg.de/much-or-many/

Exercises for countable/non-countable nouns

04/03/2016

The most legitimate explanation of the use of the semicolon.

Thanks to Library Lady Jane for all her help in writing these grammar guides over the years. If you would like a regular serving of grammar-related awesomeness every day, go follow her on Twitter.

18/02/2016

Know your apostrophes!

A guide to plural and possessive names

22/04/2015

Happy !

Pale Blue Dot

21/04/2015

Well, that was close...
If you've taken part in our lessons, you might remember Col. Hadfield's sweet mustache. This is taken from his informative yet entertaining page.

Big as a house: I'm glad this recently discovered asteroid missed Earth today.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/whats-up-in-space-asteroid-2015-hd1-flyby-earth-day-auroras/49714/

B612 Foundation

28/02/2015

I'd give her an 'A'.

27/02/2015

You've most probably heard about by now. It is one of the most baffling things I've seen in a while. This morning I saw a white and gold dress... now, I'm seeing blue and black. Why?
http://youtu.be/AskAQwOBvhc

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26/02/2015

The difference between a lawyer and an attorney:

* A lawyer is someone who is learned and trained in law.
* An attorney is someone who is trained in law and has a license to legally represent someone in court.

What are the most common terms in the UK & Canada? Read more: http://www.englisch-nbg.de/difference-attorney-lawyer/

This is a common misunderstanding and is not exclusive of language learners. The truth is that in everyday American English, the two terms are used interchangeably, meaning most native speakers use...