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Academic English not only for Indonesians

Economy, economic, economics

Study the following rules relating to the various forms of the word ‘economy’.

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gapfill, IELTS, interactive, noun phrases, nouns, speaking, Task 1, Task 2, vocabulary, writing

Conservation Conversation

Zoos are good places for animals conservation.

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grammar, IELTS, nominalisation, noun noun, nouns, pre-modification, speaking, writing

When to be possessive?

Interacting with many people expands students vision and broadens their horizons.

This is a tricky one! There are many exceptions to the guidelines that follow. First of all let’s compare the following noun phrases: (more…)

grammar, IELTS, modifiers, noun noun, noun phrases, nouns, possessives, speaking, writing

Not that sector, this one!

Agricultural sector is different from economic sector in the way research is conducted.

First of all in English we tend not to label nouns as much as you do in Bahasa Indonesia. An easy example is colours. In English when we mention colours, it isn’t necessary to use the word ‘colour’: (more…)

articles, coherence, determiners, grammar, IELTS, nouns, sektor, speaking, writing

DishwasherS, vacuum cleanerS, etc.

Domestic work is made easier with the use of dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, and washing machine.

It doesn’t matter which dishwasher, which vacuum cleaner, or which washing machine, they all make domestic work easier, or at least so this claim seems to suggest. (more…)

all of them everywhere, articles, countable, determiners, grammar, IELTS, nouns, pluralisation, plurals, s, speaking, writing