Trash or Rubbish? -  FIX MY ENGLISH!!!

Colour or color? Socks or sox? Organisations or Organizations? Underground or subway? Gas or petrol? Fall or Autumn? Candy or sweets? Cookie or biscuit? Centre or Center, Trash or rubbish? Boot or Trunk?

And we're living in a world where the frontiers between these 'regional differences' are becoming more and more blurred.

In my home, as in millions of others around the world, English is clearly a language that is moving and changing as fast as the times we live in. English speakers living in Bombay, Brighton or Boston are being exposed on an almost daily basis to the English used by their fellow English speakers around the globe.

Although we have a rich global mapping of English which makes it possible for English speakers to almost immediately fix a fellow English speaker to a geographical area, there is more that is similar among these English variations than is dissimilar.

If there wasn't, English speakers from different parts of the world would have absolutely no hope of understanding each other! In most cases it is pronunciation and idiomatic expressions, not vocabulary or grammar that makes a fellow English speaker from another part of the world, or sometimes even another part of the country, difficult to understand.

The important thing to remember is that while spelling 'remember' as 'rember' is definitely wrong, spelling 'socks' as 'sox' is not! That saying 'She speak English really well' is definitely wrong wherever you are (the verb 'speak' must be third person 'speaks' or used in another tense such as 'spoke'), saying 'She speaks English real well' may not be wrong (it is acceptable to use 'real' rather than 'really' in informal American English.)

Conclusion: Adopt to flexibility we see in English now. Queen’s English, mindset of PAST now!!!

Why Learning English Is Harder For Some People!

If you've ever wondered how children can seemingly pick up on English faster than their parents, here's why.

Children do not have the fear and anxiety that adults have concerning the learning of a new language; the biggest barrier to most adult English learners is a fear of failure.

Adults are anxious that they will not be able to pronounce words the right way or that they will make mistakes and others will ridicule them. As is true with other things in life, practice is essential in learning English. You should practice as much as possible and learn from your mistakes.

Even if you take classes to help you learn English, there are many other resources you can use to learn the language quickly.

There are many sites on the Internet that offer English classes for almost nothing, along with worksheets and practice exercises that complement the classes

If at all possible, rely on an English-speaking friend for assistance with practice and the various types of grammar techniques. The best and quickest way to learn English is to immerse yourself in the language.

CONCLUSION: You must learn like a child, say Good Bye to shyness, embarrassment and fear!!!!     GET READY FOR 2013   !!!!