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One of the biggest issues for adult learners is that since many have had no small amount of textbook style instruction over the years, they still have many gaps in what seems to be the "simplest" English, as in phrasal verbs. I think, however, that this is not limited only to those learning English ...

Great question. Seems to be more of a "style" issue than a grammatical one. Language is always growing and changing. Organic things do that, I guess. I wonder, however, how much the next wave of texting and twitter(ing)(?) will impact what we currently think is "good English".

Hi Everyone, I am an EAL teacher in Canada and have recently started a blog for students. I'd really like it to be a helpful place where students can review what they have learned and hopefully learn something new too. However, I am finding it very difficult to write blog posts at an English level ...