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My main activity is teaching high school English in Ontario. I also teach ESL to members of the public and private sectors (Ottawa is a real hot-bed for Francophone Canadians, looking to improve their English competency). Like most people, I prefer giving lessons to individuals or small groups. And though I like to have a clear plan for progress, I am very flexible in taking time to address issues and interests as they arise.
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    Excellent question. I say that either is acceptable. I suspect that you will often find the former when the "This" is examined in detail, in the present tense. Example: "This is what she did: she shaved off all of her hair, and changed into a monk's clothing, because this disguise is unremarkable and common in that part of the city"
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    April 18, 2012
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    "Smells" is correct. In this case it is a STATIVE VERB (it describes a state of the food). There are well over 100 of these, but two categories of stative verbs are. 1) other senses: "looks" "sounds" "feels" "seems"; and 2) internal mental states: "believe" "know" "understand" "realize". So we usually say "She believes that I am honest" NOT "She is believing that I am honest".
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    April 3, 2012
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    Definitely use the demonstrative/identifier "THIS" instead of "THE", especially if the speaker is wearing or holding the clothing. I like the option you gave with the phrasal verb "look on": "How does this dress look on me?" Remember that if you use "fit", the proper qualifier is an adverb such as "nicely" or "well" instead of "nice" or "good"
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    April 3, 2012
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    Free Group Class Tomorrow Free Group ESL Intermediate class tomorrow 15:00 GMT: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/737353-examine-and-discuss You have to sign up for a free account first. Hope to see you there!
    February 1, 2012
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    Sure, this is okay. I would say "The weather made for horrible/dangerous/treacherous road conditions" or "The weather caused the roads to be unsuitable for driving"
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    January 31, 2012
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    Hi. "Region" is used for mainly for putting things into physical or geographic categories: "There are three grocery stores in the region north of the city." "Part" as a noun is used to specify difference from the "whole": "I liked the first part of that book." "Money is usually held somewhere in the back part of a bank" Both "area" and "field/field of study" are sometimes used to mean "focus of study", but "field" is used mainly for traditional large distinctions made at the university level, while "area" can be used to separate focuses within a field. So we have the "field" of economics, field of medicine, languages, mechanical engineering, finance), But within financial services you might study "areas" such as issuing loans, credit assessment, transferring funds, investments, notarizing etc.
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    November 7, 2011
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    Thank you everybody, to see  for reading my diary.Thank you very much.

    Today,I was very happy because my friends Harry and Mango are went came to my home and played with me.Mango is smart to at playing comeputer computer games and Harry is studies very hard.They are all boys and all good boys.We were the classmates of in primary school.Now Harry is going to No.8 Middle School.But Mango and I are going to the other middle school.

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    November 3, 2011
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    Wow. It is a little bit confusing the way you ask it but, Raise a family = bring up a family = support a family through many years = nurture a family Your other expressions are good ones though!
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    November 3, 2011
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    November 3, 2011
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