Parallelism - Parallel Structure
Friday November 6, 2009
Hoping to help you and wanting to provide excellent learning resources, I've put up this new page! This introductory sentence is a perfect example of a parallelism (a participial phrase parallelism to be exact). Not all parallel structures are this complicated, but they can be tricky.
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Hi!
I found your newsletters very interesting and helpful at the same time, but I have one question, what is the difference between ESL and EFL?
ESL stands for English as a Second Language, and EFL stands for English as a Foreign Language. The difference basically deals with what is studied. ESL focuses more on English for dealing with daily life in English speaking societies and EFL focuses more on English for personal use such as hobbies, travel, etc. They are often very much the same thing in terms of what is studied for grammar, listening, etc.
Hello, I live in Brazil and I like to study English. This page it´s been very important for me. Because I´m learning more and more each day.
Thank you
Simone
I frquently hear “I have gone to Chicago many times,” but I rarely hear ” I have gone to Chicago many times”
“I have gone to” seems incorrect, but I hear it all the time. Should it not be, “I have been at?”or “I have been in”
What do you advise, and of course thank you. marty IN rio
I don’t kow how to thank you for these newsetters. I found your courses not only interesting , but very useful for any EFL teacher. They are original and authentic; I hope that the word “thanks” will be sufficient. Thanks ever so much
I can not begin without thanking ESL for its good work.
This done I would like to add that Marty’s question is of importance. Use of prepositons such as to, in and at looks hard and I will appreciate a response on her question.
Best
hi sir,
what if you send me the tenses deffination and its structures in order to better understand
thanks
I would like to add to your comment about the difference between ESL and EFL: English as a “second language” is taught in an English-speaking country, and English as a “foreign language” is taught in a country where the primary language is not English. So a Brazilian who studies English at home studies “EFL” and a Russian who emigrates to the United States studies “ESL.” I believe the confusion of these two terms is one reason it is now common to use “ESOL”–English for Speakers of Other Languages, which includes both.
In response to Marty’s question:
It’s preferable to say, “I’ve been to Chicago many times.” because you’ve been and returned. “He’s gone to Chicago.” generally means he’s gone to the city, but hasn’t returned. As far as the choice of ‘to’ is concerned: Use ‘to’ to indicate movement.
In reply to Noor:
You can find a full description and explanation of tenses here:
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_verbforms.htm
I’d like to thank you for your excellent newsletter issue, it’s great and helpful.
I always use it to prepare my classes.
I always believed the difference between ESL and EFL is where it is taught. If taught in home country like China for example then it’s EFL, if taught in an English speaking country like Britain then it’s ESL.
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I want to improve my enflish for IELTS .What should i do ? Which program is usefull for IELTS.Pls reply me soon.
Isn’t this first sentence a comma splice. If I found this on a student paper, I’d mark it?
I’m from nepal.first of all i would like to thanks for about.com.wel i use english as syudies,mailing to friends and sometimes to deal with foreign people having english as their first language.
so please advice me which level is suitable for me to improve english.
Marty,
It’s better to say “I’ve been to Chicago many times”.
thank you sir for your help I’m a teacher and i find that your newslater is very interesting and i need more help to improve my English speaking thank you a lot