A handy list of links to resources for teaching tenses Stage 4: Talking about the weather. Grammar Tip: Simple and continuous forms of the present tense. Stage 6: Lost property. Grammar Tip: Simple ...

Explore the evolutionary dynamics of language through verb changes seen from Old English to modern times. Discover the future of irregular verbs. This article is reposted from the old Wordpress ...

Irregular verbs close (irregular) verbAn irregular verb does not follow a set pattern. do not follow a set pattern. Some other important verbs, such as écrire (to write) and connaître (to know a ...

Natural languages comprise elaborate systems of rules that enable one speaker to communicate with another 7. These rules serve to simplify the production of language and enable an infinite array of ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...