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While both are grammatically correct, "at lightning speed" sounds better, as the preposition "at" collocates with "lightning speed" (they tend to occur together).

This collocation can be seen at work in "at breakneck speed" as well.

Articles are really confusing to students because there are very few dependable rules and a lot of memorization. If you want a summary of general usage, go here: http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/esl.html ...there's a ton of stuff on the Internet if you just try googling. One of the most common m...

the merriam webster on-line dictionary has audio. http://www.m-w.com/ i forbid the use of electronic dictionaries in my classroom - i find Ss tend to hide behind them, to use them as security blankets and to over-rely on translation from L2 to L1. instead, i encourage them to ask other students and ...

this is just conjecture, but i reckon that the pushing out of the lips is a habit related to "Shhh!" as in "be quiet!" and is unrelated to standard articulation of the "sh" sound in regular speech. can your student say "zsa zsa" as in gabor? if so, this is just the voiced version of 'sh' - you could...

hi! this is my first post on this forum...

i am looking for resources, online and otherwise, regarding the sequence in which particular grammar structures should be introduced, which steps are the difficult ones for ESL students (giant conceptual leaps), etc.

thanks!