Hi

In UK-English, yes we have the same thing - people who prefer to rise early can be said to be "up with the lark", people who prefer to party into the night are referred to as "night owls"

As an aside...we also have people who prefer to rise late that can be said to be "lazy buggers",  but i wouldn't count that as particularly important - amusing, possibly, but not important

I'm an "owl".. I prefer to be active in the night time

Writing task 2

I am so stressed out and tired, thus I need to take my annual leave and relax. I am going to a friend's house in New York. I think it the journey will take around 4 hours.

In order to not leave my house alone? undefended, I would like to know whether I can rely you to look after it in my absence could look after my house or not  (Since these days many houses have been robbed, and I am kind of afraid): I know you are responsible although you like going to parties, but I think you are going to do well.

If you accept, you should do some easy tasks such as checking the main door out because I have had some problems with it. Also, clean the house twice a week. Finally, take care of bobby (a dog). As you know, He eats a lot, so try to give him his food on time.

IF you were to accept, I would be grateful and would like you to also take on some additional tasks - like checking the main door (I've previously had some problems with it), cleaning the house twice per week and finally taking care of bobby (he eats a lot so please try to give him his food on time)

You are asking someone to look after your house - PLUS, check the door PLUS feed your dog PLUS tidy the house.. lots of things you're asking for - if they cannot be bothered to tidy your house; should they do nothing or just as much as they wish?

A novel

There was a hotel in a distantce village; where a woman and her baby were killed there ten years ago. This hotel had changed several managers and each of them run it badly and lost money. There was extremely weird things had  happened there and including a man who had committed suicide from jumping out of off the roof.

The Master captured ghosts with his magic tools at last, and, In addition, It was too terrible for me to go to sleep. I had never believed that there are were genuine ghosts in the world before, but after reading this novel, I believe it now!.

Hi, I underlined your phrase because "it" is an article that you have previously defined, that is; a set of circumstances or situations or nouns that are clearly listed previously but you hadnt defined what had happened to make it too terrible to go to sleep -the reader should be able to sympathise with you prior to you using the term "it".

I agree with your article, however I worry that the focus on paronyms and similar constructs might put people off learning English - the amount of articles online about "how to make _really_ difficult English easier" is really detracting from its advantages.. English has done away with many constructs in favour of specific words, the chair is a "thing" it isnt a "he/she", so you can say, easily that "the chair is in front of me" in order to indicate that it is in the way.

I would like us, as an English speaking multi-nation, to consider the difference between "good enough" and "excellence" - knowing that someone is offering a service - in a foreign accent - is, to me, more important than whether they are offering obeisance and fealty due to their usage of an old-english verb.

Love the English and love my British, but love borg-like nature of our culture better (see "Curry" as an example of a mighty benefit of this embracing culture)

100% agree with your argument - its also akin to rosetta learning; they do the same.

As a small human, when your mind will soak up knowledge like a sponge; you are taught "this thing is called blue".. not Why, not the etymology of blue, just "do as i say".. in learning a foreign language i think that we miss this.. we might learn the mathematics of the language, but not the communication of it.

In IT we have the same problem.. people focus on the grammer and not on the communication aspects

i enjoy learning from my colleagues that the word for "pee-pee" makes everyone giggle regardless of age or language and thats a starting point - the fact that you should not say this word in polite company will never be understood in the grammar of the language

Maybe we should learn a little from the small humans (and agile developers) of this world and learn "enough to get by" as the norm, then if you wish to understand the language enough, you can learn the etymology and history of the "why"