Sir Andrew's Saturday and Sunday English Classes

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Assess your English skills by answering the common Filipino errors on preposition, pronunciation, and other questions in this video.

Today, visit Andrew William Stratton 's FB profile to watch his 4th "live streaming" English Class. It will begin at 1.30pm. Today's topics will include Common Filipino errors on "Subject/Verb Agreement", more preposition combos, pronunciation and much more.

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GRAMMAR MATTER
Q: Should Bruce Springsteen’s song “I Wish I Were Blind” actually be “I Wish I Was Blind”?

A: No, the Boss is right. “I Wish I Were Blind” is correct.

The reason is that when you express a wish, or when you use an “if” statement (“If I were blind…”) to talk about a condition contrary to fact, you use the subjunctive mood instead of the indicative. So you’d say, “Last year I WAS in Maine” (indicative), but “Now I wish I WERE in Maine” (subjunctive) and “If I WERE in Maine I wouldn’t be here.” That’s why we say things like “If I were king…” or “If only she were here…” or “I wish he were nicer to his parents,” and so on. In the subjunctive mood, “was” becomes “were.”

GRAMMAR MATTER
Q: What’s the difference between “which” and “that”?

A: When you’ve got a clause that you could start with “that” or “which” and you can’t decide between them, here’s a hint: If you can drop the information and not lose the point of the sentence, use “which.” If you can’t drop it, use “that.”

Examples are: “Buster’s bulldog, which had one white ear, won best in show. The dog that won best in show was Buster’s bulldog.”

In the first example, the information in the “which” clause is not essential. In the second example, the clause starting with “that” is essential; it’s the whole point of the sentence.

You’ll also notice that “which” clauses are set off with commas, and “that” clauses aren’t. So if you find yourself wanting to insert little pauses before and after the information, it’s probably a “which” clause.

My classes cover a range of English language topics such as
CORRECT USE OF PREPOSITIONS
SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT
VERB TENSES - ESPECIALLY USE OF PERFECT TENSES
PRONUNCIATION
SPEAKING IN PUBLIC
COMMON GRAMMAR ERRORS
WRITING IN ENGLISH
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
USE OF CONDITIONALS (IF/WHEN)
CORRECT USE OF PRONOUNS

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--- are 13-20 years old,
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Classes are on Saturday or Sunday afternoon.
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Here’s a testimonial on how Sir Andrew’s FREE English Enhancement Classes have helped one student:

“I never had a single regret that I became part of it (Sir Andrew’s FREE English Enhancement Classes) because to be frank, it helped me develop my English skills as well as my self-confidence. I used to be a shy and introverted kid but when I joined his class, it unleashed my hidden skills and confidence.”
- Ivana Otoc, Grade 10, Gusa Regional Science High School

Your daily grammar lesson from Sir Andrew is here!!!

For better or worse

This expression is not "for better or WORST".

BETTER is a comparative word...not a superlative word (such as BEST). So it is matched by the comparative word worse, not the superlative WORST.

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Grammar time!!

Last but not least
This expression is used when listing a number of points, and when you reach the last one, you want to stress that although it is the last to be mentioned, it is not the least important.

Please do note ...we do NOT say "Last but not THE least."

There is no "the" in the idiomatic expression.

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A post from Sir Andrew Stratton:

Testimonial from a former Stratton's Home Class student.

"I never had a single regret that I became part of it because to be frank, it helped me develop my English skills as well as my self-confidence. I used to be a shy and introverted kid but when I joined your class, it unleashed my hidden skills and confidence." Ivana Otoc

Joining our FREE English classes might be the very thing that transforms you, just as it did for one of our former students. Ivana Otoc, currently a grade 10 student at Gusa Regional Science High School, attended my classes on Saturdays and/or Sundays from Grade 4 until Grade 9.

Sunday Afternoon English Classes (FREE)

If you have the desire to improve your English, and you have time available on Sunday afternoons, then join my English class :) The class is for those aged 12-25, and is every Sunday.

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