by Yolaine Bodin | 28 Sep 2019 | English Language
Remember to do, remember doing, forget to do, forget doing: remember and forget are English verbs that can be followed both by a verb ending in -ing (a gerund) or by the infinitive form of the verb. However, there is a difference in meaning and that...
by Yolaine Bodin | 10 Sep 2019 | English-French Vocabulary
False friends are words that look and/or sound similar in English and French but that have significantly different meanings. They can be misleading so it is a good idea to be aware of them. However, the list of false friends in English and French is very long...
by Yolaine Bodin | 18 Jul 2019 | English Language
Because there is only one word for both shadow and shade in many languages, you may be wondering when you should use one or the other word in English. Indeed, in Spanish,Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Greek and other languages use one same...
by Yolaine Bodin | 6 Jul 2019 | French Language
Nombre, chiffre and numéro are three French words to talk about numbers that can be confusing. Maybe you are not sure which of the three words you should use and when. Let’s clear this up. Un chiffre is any of the symbols from zero to nine: 0, 1,...
by Yolaine Bodin | 22 Jun 2019 | English Language
The English verb to agree is a verb that is very often misused by learners of English. Many learners say: I’m agree X Are you agree? X This is a typical mistake made when the learner’s mother tongue normally uses the verb to be followed by the...
