26 April 2019
2019年4月26日

 In accordance with
 In agreement with
 Consistent with
 In consonance with
 In concert with
 
According to
In relation to
In proportion to

In the light of
In the manner of
 

18 April 2019

How to  become the captain obvious

Okay, the reason why so many misspellings happen is.. because we let it rooted deeply in 'our system'. Though this video means no harm (the content is good), but the obvious misspelling is rather oblivious and somewhat sucked. Anyway, the captain obvious is only an accessary, just to contrast between the obvious and the oblivious.

End note: We understand what suck+age means, but there is no entry of it in any official/formal dictionary with the exception of the urban dictionary or the neologism expert.

For people who are interested here is the original video:

Video Source

15 April 2019

Common misspeling

Perceive vs percieve

7 April 2019
2019年4月7日
The Adjectives

Today, I found a fatal mistake that may mislead English learner, and since the website in question is a web tailored for English learning, it is doubly so.
If you say confused words it means that the "word" has a feeling that make him/her/it confused. However, if you say confusing words it means that the "word" looks "confusing", viewed from people outside/external parties.


Hari ini, saya menemukan sebuah kesalahan fatal yang bisa saja menyesatkan pembelajar bahasa  Inggris dalam mengerti maksud dari "confusing words". Terlebih lagi, situs web yang bersangkutan adalah situs yang memang dibuat untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. > wordsmile.

In addition, the "commonly" adverb looks out of place, it should be: "common confusing words"

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The problem is the elusive "-ed, and -ing" adjectives, which sometimes make learner confused. I think.. let the picture says everything ;).
Masalahnya adalah kata sifat (adjective) berakhiran "-ed dan -ing", yang terkadang membuat pembelajar bingung. Biarkan gambar berbicara saya pikir ;):

Source: woodwardenglish.com

Please drop some comments when you can :D.
 

Again, don't swallow/stomach/gulp/ everything that you study without possibly think that, is this correct? hmm..Always cultivate critical thinking in your learning and Happy studying! ;).