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Nothing is not a substance!

September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do you you agree with the title of this posting?
My sister tells me that a Scottish newspaper once received a large number of letters from readers claiming this very thing. They were writing in response to the following riddle that had been published:
What substance is greater than God and more evil than the devil?
The poor […]

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S.A.N.E. books (a lesson plan)

March 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This is another lesson plan that makes use of images obtained from www.Amazon.com. The aim is to introduce learners to the S.A.N.E. determiners (some, any, no and every).

I feel that there are at least three situations in which learners should meet and consider these four determiners as a system:
1. It can be helpful to point […]

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Tags: Grammar · Learner-friendly corpora · Lesson plans · Some, any, no, every · Using images from Amazon.com