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Well I quit my job and I told my boss

I ain’t gonna work no more                            

Every day’s gonna be my day off Read More >

Can you learn English from music?

Absolutely!

I don’t mean, completely, totally, 100% fluent just from listening to Madonna while you drive to work. Read More >

“What does this mean?”

My student handed me a sheet of paper.

On the paper were the lyrics from a Nivanna song. Read More >

Bad news! 

Facebook just disabled my account.

They kicked me out. Read More >

This week we’re talking about questions.

Yesterday, I explained how the wrong questions can hurt your English.

I asked you to share some good questions. Read More >

Questions are powerful. 

More powerful than answers.

Every day, we’re talking to ourselves. Read More >

Questions are powerful.

More powerful than answers.

Imagine… Read More >

Hello from the cold and rainy Bulgarian mountains! 

It’s almost June and the temperature has only risen above 70 one day.

And since I’m on crutches for another four or five weeks… Read More >

Yesterday, I asked you to share what’s strange about English.

One reader pointed out that if someone is homeless he doesn’t have a home; but if something is priceless… it’s expensive.

Huh? Read More >

This week we’re talking about English language oddities. 

What’s odd… unusual… and strange about the language.

One reader points out that in the word “unusual”, the letter “u” is pronounced three different ways. Read More >