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Non-gradable adjectives

Using to + ing verbs in some fixed expressions

The schwa /ə/ in two-syllable words that begin with the letter A

How are SOLACE, SURFACE, PREFACE, PALACE, FURNACE, and MENACE pronounced?

The pattern in -ket, -llet, and -oir words & other commonly mispronounced words in English

A better guide to effective mastering of English stress

The silent letter t in debut, sachet, depot, chalet, rapport, ballet, bouquet, mortgage

bonaFIDE, hyperBOLE, epiTOME, automoBILE, résumé, fiNALE

Defining and non-defining relative clauses

Between advice and advise, impact and impart

The case of nouns in possessive pronouns

/ŋ/ in king, hung, rang, think, long, bank etc

Introduction to the study of English stress

Introduction to relative clauses

Future perfect tense and future perfect continuous tense

The consonant /s/ and its ability to become /z/ in another environment

How to pronounce words that end in –tion and –sion correctly

The schwa sound /ə/ in fORget, fORgive, cOrrupt, cAreer, cOrrect, cOllect, and pERhaps

Diphthong /au/ in words that contain letters -oun(d)-

Words that contain letters 'air' and 'are'

When to choose between using we're, was or were, and where

Between who's and whose, being and been

How to pronounce words that end in -or, -er, -ious, and -cally

English triphthongs and rhymes

Subject-verb agreement in noun phrases

Using participial phrases

Identifying collective nouns

Use of adverbs that end in "ly"

Of viVAcious, hiLArious, saGAcious, faLLAcious and others

Syllabic consonants /m/, /l/ and /n/

Introduction to noun phrase

How are words that end in -age pronounced?

Using gerunds appropriately

Of vowel /i:/ and its exceptions

Pluralia tantum and whatnots

Silent 'h' and indefinite articles

Using capital letters in writing

Stative verbs II

Stative verbs I

Proper nouns and capital letters

The nature of non-finite verbs

Lie, lying, lied, lay, laying, laid, lain

Some commonly mispronounced words in English

The central vowel /ɜː/ explained

Comparing the vowels /u/ and /u:/

Avoiding double comparatives in English

Some commonly misused idioms in English

The consonant /j/ in words that have letters -ew

BREAKFAST in Nigerian parlance

Linking verbs and complements

Recognising pronunciation patterns in English

Between 'ingenious' and 'ingenuous', 'famous' and 'infamous', 'terrible' and 'terrific'

Mandative subjunctive mood

Pronouncing some ch-words in English the French way

Nuances in noncount nouns explained

Solving the “ough” pronunciation puzzle in English

The nature of transitive verbs and objects