# 27 Does He Love Her Or Not?

     Hello, my dearies! Do you know what we are going to discuss today? A song again! This time it is Andy Williams Can`t Get Used To Losing You . Listen to the song and read the lyrics afterwards. After you do this I have some questions to you! Unfortunately, I couldn`t find a video together with the lyrics:(

     Question #1 What do the line `Can't get used to losing you` mean?

a) He used her and left her after some time

b) He wants to lose her but he can`t. (She follows him everywhere.)

c) He lost her but he still loves her and misses her.

     Question #2 What do the words in bold in the line `Called up some girl I used to know`mean?

a) He has just met her.

b) He has known her for a long time.

c) He knew her in the past but they no longer keep touch.

      Write your answers in the comments section and also do research what the phrases in bold (get used to doing something and used to do something) mean! I think it would be great if you learn where to use these structures. You are welcome to write more sentences that illustrate their meaning in the comments. 

                            Any question? You are welcome to ask!

Comma or not?

  I would like to introduce a real Comma Queen. It is her nickname. Mary Norris  has been The New Yorker magazine editor since 1993. She controls that the world-famous edition is perfect from the grammatical point of view. So, I suggest watching this video.

  

https://www.youtube.cowatchm/?v=zwsanKHRkOg 

#25 Did You Know That...

If you are reading this, do the task below right now:)

• Make up (at least) 5 questions based on the sentence from the picture:)

P.S. And NOTE how to say DATES in English!

# 24 On Second Conditional!

     Hi! It turned out that this post is our 100th here which is quite memorable!
     In spite of this I have decided to discuss something very down-to-earth today:) In grammar terms today`s topic is called Second Conditional. Although this term usually sounds very boring to students (that is why I added this bright and eye-catching photo:) and even scary, it is actually a very simple thing. Look at the examples below:

• If I lived in Japan, I would have sushi every day.
• If I had millions dollars, I would give a lot to charity. 
• If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.

     We USE Second Conditional for impossible, unreal and hypothetical situations.

     We MAKE Second Conditional sentences this way: If+Past Simple, ...would+verb... 

     But the highlight of this post is some music:) For more examples, listen to this LOVELY SONG. Pay attention to Second Conditional sentences in there.Note that would is shortened to `d.

Do you know English grammar?

      Hey, grammar experts! I suggest checking your knowledge in the fight against unpredictable English plurals. There will be knives, roofs, funny plurals of animals, cunning Greek words and one minute of biology.

So,try to do this http://bit.ly/plural_test

#14 Phone Your Friend!

     Hi my dearies! Do you have time for a little grammar today? If you do, go on reading!
Do we meet our friends? or Do we meet with our friends? Which of the two sentences is right? The FIRST sentence is right and the second is a common mistake! Remember: meet sb, marry sb, discuss sth. phone sb. We say: play the guitar, climb a tree, drive a car, ride a horse, answer a question. These verbs are followed by a person or an object but there is NO preposition in between.
      If you think of Ukrainian equivalents to these verb phrases, you will see that in our language they share the following pattern verb+preposition+noun. In English it is verb+noun (no preposition). In grammar, this phenomenon is called direct object (no preposition is needed).
For example,

• My boyfriend plays the guitar. (NOT My boyfriend plays on the guitar.)

• My boyfriend is going to marry me! (NOT My boyfriend is going to marry with me!)

• I have to phone my friend. (Not I have to phone to my friend.)
  

     So WHY do English students make these mistakes? They usually translate a Ukrainian sentence word for word. The problem is that English is quite a different language and our language structures don`t work here:) So you have to develop a habit of  THINKING in English:) This is not easy, of course. But the more you work with English, the more you understand how this language works!
      To brighten up the boring rules here watch this FUNNY VIDEO about kids riding horses. Every person looks so happy here! Enjoy the video, remember about direct objects and phone your friend!