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Shoulda coulda woulda quotations

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: Could have, would have, and should have.” (Louis E. Boone)
I hope no one minds that I have made a gentle alteration to the above quotation: It orinally read, ‘Could have, might have, and should […]

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Tags: Auxiliaries · Conditionals · Could have, should have, would have · Grammar · Learner-friendly corpora · Lesson plans · Translation · Using quotations sites

Second conditional quotations (a lesson plan)

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
Marlene Dietrich
Quotations are an invaluable resource for the language classroom. As texts, they are short, autonomous in meaning, thought provoking, memorable and easy to obtain. In the old days, I used […]

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Tags: Conditionals · Grammar · Learner-friendly corpora · Lesson plans · Using quotations sites