A few days ago we enjoyed an all-too-rare meal together (“Thank-you, Covid!”, NOT!) with some good friends here at home, over my homemade Irish Beef stew (“Oui, Chef!”). It so happens our friends are Dutch and moved here to Donegal almost two years ago now. Their grasp of English is, unsurprisingly, excellent! Really: isn’t it …
English sure is a funny language. OK, yes, I know … the title above is just plain silly. But, it introduces the ‘a’ or ‘an’ question, which I’m sure SO many new-to-English struggle with. As a native English speaker, I suppose it’s just become a memory-thing … you just KNOW whether to say ‘a’ or …
Grammar is powerful. It can bring us together; tear us apart; make us laugh; make us cry; whether you love grammar, or not. So, here’s the scoop: Normally, “whether” requires “or not” in a sentence. True? I thought so! But no surprise, there are exceptions depending on the structure. Oh great! I found this well …
No, it’s not about time … but, it’s ABOUT TIME that we finally returned to the internet with our own website. Gone are the days when I chose to setup and code all my own HTML, Javascript, etc. Thank goodness for CMSs, such as WordPress. A few years ago I looked at Joomla, Drupal, and …
