Comments for Woodward English https://www.woodwardenglish.com Learning English - Teaching English Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Comment on Maybe or May be – What is the difference? by May the odds be ever in your favor | Woodward English https://www.woodwardenglish.com/maybe-may-be-difference/#comment-23434 Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:31:22 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=243#comment-23434 […] It may be… (not It may to be…) You may want to check out the difference between May be and Maybe. […]

]]> Comment on Million vs Millions by John Greenman https://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/#comment-20410 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:12:14 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=271#comment-20410 In the 19th C, (and before?) people in the USA (and elsewhere) would say, and write “millions” as opposed to “million” when saying “twenty millions, five hundred thousand dollars” or any other number larger than one million.
When was the plural of million (millions) no longer used, as at present??

]]> Comment on Million vs Millions by Numbers from 1 to 100 in English | Woodward English https://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/#comment-18661 Thu, 15 May 2014 16:37:52 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=271#comment-18661 […] I added some of the larger numbers too (hundred, thousand, million). I recommend reading about the difference between million and millions and when you should (and should NOT) put an S at the end of the word. This same rules apply when […]

]]> Comment on Travel vs Trip – Difference by Emmy https://www.woodwardenglish.com/travel-vs-trip-difference/#comment-17770 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:02:11 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=291#comment-17770 It was very confusing.. But now it is more clearer for me to understand

]]> Comment on Business or Busyness by Rhoonda https://www.woodwardenglish.com/business-busyness/#comment-16471 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:04:43 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=46#comment-16471 In reply to JYJ.

Do we have a good rule for which verbs we change ‘y’ to i, or do we just need to have the exceptions memorized? Is busyness really a word? Because business and busyness are certainly two different directions with that word! ??

]]> Comment on Business or Busyness by Adrianna https://www.woodwardenglish.com/business-busyness/#comment-16444 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:11:04 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=46#comment-16444 In reply to JYJ.

It is from the old English ‘Busignes’ (meaning anxiously) and is connected to business.

]]> Comment on Business or Busyness by JYJ https://www.woodwardenglish.com/business-busyness/#comment-15769 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:03:46 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=46#comment-15769 Is busy the root of business ?

]]> Comment on Bean Soup Joke in English by sara https://www.woodwardenglish.com/bean-soup-joke-in-english/#comment-14298 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:30:17 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=277#comment-14298 😀 thanks. so funny

]]> Comment on Maybe or May be – What is the difference? by luis https://www.woodwardenglish.com/maybe-may-be-difference/#comment-13751 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:55:34 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=243#comment-13751 hey josh! hi… maybe and may be …for me “maybe” express a possibility whether something is or not and “may be” wants to say that something probably is!
if you want to know wich one to use just ask you what is the action in your sentence (the verb) maybe needs a verb and may be has already a verb (“to be”) examples
A.-she may be (if you put a verb now, it must go in the ing form) eating now *(as I said before, that sentence means that the person is probably eating)
B.- she IS (here you have the verb to be again) maybe eating *(now the sentence means that she could be eating but could be not eating also… it’s something uncertainly said)
well, that’s what I tell to my self at the moment of choosing which one to use

]]> Comment on Desert the dessert in the desert by Stressed spelled backwards is desserts | Woodward English https://www.woodwardenglish.com/desert-dessert-desert/#comment-13057 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:40:24 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=39#comment-13057 […] Also, don’t confuse Dessert (sweet food) with Desert (dry place without water) Check out the difference in pronunciation here: Desert the dessert in the desert […]

]]> Comment on Death of Common Sense – An Obituary by woodward https://www.woodwardenglish.com/death-of-common-sense-obituary/#comment-13053 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 13:06:15 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=229#comment-13053 Not that we have. I recommend you contact the author (a link to her page is in the article).

]]> Comment on Zip your lip – Zip your mouth – Meaning by Ahmed https://www.woodwardenglish.com/zip-your-lip-mouth-zip-it-meaning/#comment-12901 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:11:17 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=591#comment-12901 zip your mouth = shut up
but when we say it in Arabic it maybe make a problem.
thanks a lot

]]> Comment on Million vs Millions by amber https://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/#comment-12546 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:37:53 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=271#comment-12546 In reply to Nathan Kim.

The population of Ireland dropped by about 2 million

]]> Comment on Nationality of Santa Claus by The Twelve Days of Christmas – A Christmas Carol | Woodward English https://www.woodwardenglish.com/nationality-of-santa-claus/#comment-12215 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:42:16 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=373#comment-12215 […] And if you haven’t already seen it, we have a simple joke in English about Santa Claus. […]

]]> Comment on Maybe or May be – What is the difference? by Ibbi https://www.woodwardenglish.com/maybe-may-be-difference/#comment-11562 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:23:52 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=243#comment-11562 In reply to woodward.

But that would still make no sense as the phrase “may perhaps be” would also fit into there.

]]> Comment on Have your head in the clouds – Idiom Meaning by phuong https://www.woodwardenglish.com/have-your-head-in-the-clouds-idiom-meaning/#comment-11478 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:29:17 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=617#comment-11478 In reply to Francieli.

yeah i have my head in the clouds in these days

]]> Comment on The Difference between Fun and Funny by dracuella https://www.woodwardenglish.com/difference-between-fun-and-funny/#comment-11366 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:14:08 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=354#comment-11366 In reply to woodward.

.. which can be great fun, too 😉

]]> Comment on Burning the candle at both ends – meaning by woodward https://www.woodwardenglish.com/burning-the-candle-at-both-ends-meaning/#comment-11116 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:24:43 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=595#comment-11116 Some of these idioms are used more than others. It all depends on when the occasion arrives to be able to use them. In general you won’t hear idioms too often but they are still very good (and important) to know.

]]> Comment on Zip your lip – Zip your mouth – Meaning by Thierry https://www.woodwardenglish.com/zip-your-lip-mouth-zip-it-meaning/#comment-10826 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:37:18 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=591#comment-10826 Très bien, i like it.

]]> Comment on Number of languages you speak by Francieli https://www.woodwardenglish.com/number-of-languages-you-speak/#comment-10825 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:31:29 +0000 http://www.woodwardenglish.com/?p=61#comment-10825 Are the americans so selfish?

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