Hi Fhon, The phrase "On the other hand" is used to highlight or contrast two different things, usually an opinion. For example, "I have $100,000, I could invest a large portion of this now in the hope of a greater return, on the other hand, I could keep on saving until I can make a greater investment." "We could go for coffee somewhere in the city, on the other hand, we could go for a coffee near your place, I think it will be much quieter & nicer there." "I'm was thinking of going to Granada in Spain for the weekend in Semana Santa because I think it could be a lot of fun & very relaxing, but on the other hand, it could also be very crowded because it is Semana Santa & there will be a lot of people everywhere making it less relaxing." Hope this helps, maybe you can try again with me with a few other examples? Nick

Hi Ally, This trio of verbs will be a lot of fun to use day by day, it will also demonstrate a greater knowledge of English also when used in academia or business. To imitate is to copy something, like a behaviour. For example, "the comedian imitated the celebrity perfectly during his performance last night", or "The spider imitates the other spiders behaviour in order to frighten it away". To emulate is to equal or to surpass with greater success. Like the previous example used by Mark where athletes seek to emulate their rivals or athletic idols (sometimes even themselves). http://www.dictionary.com/browse/emulate?s=t To simulate is to create a simulation (which is an imitation or enactment of something or a scenario, usually in anticipation of the very scenario or something in question). For example, pilots will use programs that allow them to simulate flying in anticipation of when they actually fly in future. Computers also use certain programs to simulate other scenarios too. I hope this has helped you Ally, Nick

You use 'an' before words with 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' or 'h' E.g. This was an absolutely exceptional day, an historic day for an extraordinary people, an unbelievable occurrence from an incredibly exceptional person. A comes before all consonants except 'h'. E.g. A truly beautiful woman, a very impressive young student, a wonderful person etc. Uncountable & singular nouns: Uncountable nouns (abstract, nouns without plural conjugations) are always singular - "Please, help yourself to some of the food", "The intelligence of this student is amazing", "you must look after the equipment at all times", "look at all of the water in the room", "My mum likes to cook with a lot of peanut butter". Countable nouns will always have quantitative properties, where you can specifically define how many units of the noun that you saw, for example - "There are twenty students in the classroom", "I see 12 cans of tuna in the pantry", "I saw 15 kangaroos today!" Hope this helps, there's a great webpage here explaining it for you :) http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/countable-uncountable-nouns/ Nick