By Patrick Carpen: The Greatest Writer On Earth
Young learners of the English Language, especially those of the Caribbean, often need to watch their pronunciation. One well marked trouble spot for learners of English as a second language Continue Reading →
The “th” sound in standard American and British English is made with the teeth between the tongue and a slight “blowing” sound. The “th” sound comes naturally to English Natives Continue Reading →
Sometime back, a video was being circulated around Facebook describing how European settlers in Australia brutally murdered the natives of that country. I forwarded the video to my Australian friend Continue Reading →
The following extract is based on a true incident which occurred during my travels through the Amazon Rain Forest. The primary objective of the lesson is to teach descriptive writing Continue Reading →
An American volunteer pilot and I were chatting some time back about the differences in pronunciations and accents in different regions of the earth. And we came to the conclusion Continue Reading →
The letter of application may be written for a wide variety of purposes. For example, a letter of application may be written by someone applying for a job or firearms Continue Reading →
The poem “Beclouded,” by Emily Dickinson, makes very good use of the personification. The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or Continue Reading →
English by Patrick Carpen: Welcome English by Patrick Carpen was designed not just to teach English, but also to inspire a love of English Language and Literature on the impressionable Continue Reading →
English by Patrick Carpen: The Difference Today, there are so many mass-produced websites out there, filled with slabber-dash, user-generated, ambiguous and sometimes highly inaccurate content, that it would seem like Continue Reading →
When I was in primary school, our grade 4 teacher, Miss Roxanne Pestano, would often upbraid us, “round your mouth and pronounce your words properly.” That is, the word is Continue Reading →