corrections - ESL Blogs - MyEnglishClub2024-03-29T15:50:14Zhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/feed/tag/correctionsOur journey together is too shorthttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/our-journey-together-is-too-short2020-11-06T09:15:00.000Z2020-11-06T09:15:00.000ZKalhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Kal247<div><p> </p><p>As humans, If we did follow what kind of concepts this is. This story teaches a valuable lesson for us.</p><p>A young lady sat on a bus. At the next stop, an old lady got on the same bus and sat next to the young lady. She spoke loudly and looked grumpy. She squeezed the seat with her big sized bags. The person, who sat on the other side of the young lady, got upset and asked, "I can guess that you feel much uncomfortable. But why don’t you say anything to her about your inconvenience".</p><p>The young lady responded with a nice smile.</p><p>"It is not necessary to be rude or argue over something so insignificant, the journey together is too short. I get off at the next stop".</p><p>These words deserve to be written in golden letters.</p><p><strong>“*It is not necessary to be rude or argue over something so insignificant. Our journey together is too short*”</strong></p><p>If we can understand that our time here is too short. Quarrels, futile arguments, not forgiving others, discontentment and a fault finding attitudes and many of our negative thoughts are wasting our time and energy.</p><p>Did someone break your heart? Did someone betray, bully cheat or humiliate you? Whatever troubles anyone makes, we should bethink,</p><p><strong>Our journey is too short. Therefore, be calm, be humble and be forgiving.</strong></p><p>No one knows, the duration of this journey. No one knows, when the end comes. Do we know, what is the point we will get off from our life journey?</p><p>So, Let us cherish family and friends. Let us be respectful, kind and forgiving each other. Let us fill our lives with gratitude and gladness.</p><p><strong>Because our journey together is too short!!!!</strong></p></div>Mishaikh's Writing challenge: Idioms on Countrieshttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/mishaikh-s-writing-challenge-idioms-on-countries2018-11-03T20:00:00.000Z2018-11-03T20:00:00.000ZSNRhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/SNR<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">John, Markus and Linda planned an excursion to a place located at the outskirts of the city a month ago. Finally, the day came and all of them were excited about it. But out of the blue, they came to know that their driver took <strong>French leave</strong>. After contemplating a while they came up with a solution that John and Markus would drive the car alternately. This way John could take rest while Markus is driving and vice versa. It went on smoothly until John and Markus indulged themselves in a polemic talk about the political issues and upcoming elections in their country and it seemed to be the <strong>Mexican standoff</strong> as neither of them agreed with each other’s opinion. Later, they both decided to quit the topic and had a good time travelling together.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">They reached the destination after a long journey of 4 hours. Luckily it was <strong>Indian Summer</strong> and it bought a big smile on the faces of John, Markus and Linda. They preferred to have lunch immediately after reaching because they were starving to death. They grabbed the chairs and placed the order and were waiting for the meal to arrive. All of them were students so mutually they decided to <strong>go Dutch.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">“The news made me really upset, Professor Brown is resigning soon and going to move to Chicago, ” Linda said to John. Markus interspersed “Linda, Don’t worry, It is just <strong>Chinese whisper,</strong> there is no truth in it.” </span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"> A beautiful lady caught Markus’ attention he felt he had fallen in love at first sight with her. John and Linda backed Markus up to initiate the talk with that lady. Markus was so nervous but finally, he drank some whisky to get the <strong>Dutch courage.</strong> He got up and approach the lady. John and Linda had their eyes on Markus. They were pretty sure that the duo (Markus and the girl) will get along easily and can <strong>talk for England.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Markus didn’t take long and came back, seemed sulking. Linda and John were confused and it was <strong>all Greek to them</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">Markus came to them and said sadly “Guys it’s not going to work anymore” He made John and Linda curious they ask immediately ” Why? what’s the matter ?”</span></p><p><span style="font-size:14pt;">“She is German, doesn’t understand English……not even a single word” replied Markus and let out a long sigh :(</span></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:14pt;">Meaning of the idioms:</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">1. Take French leave</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">To leave work without permission</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">2. To go Dutch</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">To split the bill in a restaurant between everyone who ate together.</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">3. Dutch courage</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">Drinking a little alcohol to give you courage (bravery/confidence) before you have to do something.</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">4. It’s all Greek to someone</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">this phrase is used when don’t understand or have no knowledge on a topic.</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">5. Chinese whispers</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">This expression originally comes from a children’s game. It is often used as a metaphor for mistakes and inaccurate information which comes from rumours or gossip.</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>6.A Mexican Standoff</strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">This is expression is used when two groups cannot agree on what to do next</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">7. Talk for England</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#1f1f1f;font-size:14pt;">When someone can talk for hours and hours</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;">8. Indian summer (UK)</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">A period in late autumn when the weather is unusually warm</span></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">************************************************************************************************</span></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">P.S Thank you In advance for reading the blog :)</span></span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#1f1f1f;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Please feel free to correct grammatical mistakes. :)))</span></span></p></div>Blog Challenge ~ Not only...but alsohttps://www.myenglishclub.com/blogs/blog-challenge-not-only-but-also2018-01-29T06:00:00.000Z2018-01-29T06:00:00.000ZOnee-chanhttps://www.myenglishclub.com/members/Oneechan<div><p style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'segoe print';"><strong>Good morning, dear Learners and Teachers, Newbies and Seniors. ^_^</strong></p><p style="font-family:tahoma;">How are you today? I hope you’re pretty well. Have you learned new grammar or memorized new vocabulary today? How great to see there are many games these days. I'm sure it will enrich our vocabulary. :))</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;">To boost our English writing skill, I'd like to invite you to practice writing with grammar “not only…but also...”. I’m sure most of you already know this. It is simple just to say "you're beautiful <em>and</em> smart", but this '<em>not only...but also</em>' is usually used <strong>to emphasize</strong> the second statement. So, the task is <strong>to write a blog using this grammar</strong>. You can <strong>write a dialogue, a short story</strong>, <strong>a letter</strong>, or even <strong>a poem</strong> (I'm not sure if it would be good, but wanna try? :) You can also add some <strong>new vocabulary</strong> you learned in your blog.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;">Please write the <strong>proper title</strong> in your blog. Of course you can add your own title after that. Example: <u>Blog Challenge ~ Not only…but also: Dialogue in the Main Room</u>. In case you don’t want to write this kind of title, please include the link of this blog at the top of your blog.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#ee1289;">Most important!</span></strong> Please write the words “not only but also...” in <strong>bold</strong> in your writing, like in my example dialogue.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;">Here are the example sentences I provided for you. You can find more information in your grammar book or internet or <a href="https://www.myenglishclub.com/profiles/blogs/some-explanations-not-only-but-also-as-well-as-both" target="_blank">Teacher Dan’s blog</a> as I haven’t found this in EnglishClub, yet. The point is the words after <strong>not only</strong> and <strong>but also</strong> are the same part of speech<strong>.</strong> As usual, I hope not only learners but also fluent teachers or English Native Speakers will participate. ^_^</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10967581496,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10967581496,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10967581496?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"> </p><p>-corrected-</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><strong>Sample Dialogue:</strong></p><p style="font-family:tahoma;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#32cd32;"><strong>The King and The Minister</strong></span></p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">The Prime Minister</span>: Your Majesty! There are lots of problems in this country. Many people <strong>are not only suffering</strong> from hunger <strong>but also dying</strong> of the plague. We run out of <strong>not only food supplies</strong> <strong>but also water</strong>. What should we do, Your Majesty?</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">The King</span>: Minister! How could you just tell this to me now!! This <strong>is not only shocking but also shameful</strong>.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">The Prime Minister</span>: Your Majesty! My apology to say that it is because you’ve been precoccupied recently. <strong>You were not only hunting</strong> in the forest <strong>but also enjoying</strong> the hot springs. We didn’t have courage to disturb you as you were relaxing.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">The King</span>: You’re wrong! You should have told me. I would have left all my contentment.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">The Prime Minister</span>: You are truly merciful, Your Majesty!</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">The King</span>: Take 10 boxes of gold out of the royal warehouse! <strong>Not only</strong> <strong>will we import </strong> the necessary groceries to meet the urgent requirement, <strong>but we’ll also make </strong>an appropriate plan for domestic irrigation of these items <strong>and extend</strong> your help to the farmers in this respect. This is an urgent matter.</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">The Prime Minister and other ministers</span>: Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty!</p><p style="font-family:tahoma;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><strong> -</strong></span></p><p style="font-family:'comic sans MS';text-align:center;">*****</p><p style="font-family:'comic sans MS';">Now, your turn! I hope you enjoy this blog challenge.</p><p style="font-family:'comic sans MS';"><strong style="color:#ff1493;font-family:'segoe print';">Thank you for your time. Have a great week & Keep blogging! ^_^</strong></p></div>