As we learnt before, "Present" Participle is not present, but active, while "Past" Participle is not past, but passive. Why is it true and why is it essential? Because yesterday, when asked to find Russian equivalents to '-ing'-participle and to '-ed'-participle, a guy trasnlated them as "играющий" and "игравший".

Вот таким получилось обсуждение моей книги ( Read more... )

THAT IS UNBELIEVEABLE ( Read more... )

A question at englishforums.com. Compare my answer to the one AlpheccaStars gave there ( Read more... )

Another question at englishforums.com, answered incorrectly. Again, compare it to my answer ( Read more... )

If you want real fun, follow me on Facebook now. I'm bashing language morons there. You even don't imagine how bad the things in the world are.

Do you know how much englishforums is afraid of rinoceronte? They banned me even FROM SEEING the forum! Let's consider that another evidence of their stupidity. Sure, I can see everything, and from now on every morning will start with revealing to the world all the falseness of language expertise of englishforums people. It will be done on Facebook

WHO RULES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ( Read more... )

WHO RULES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ( Read more... )

Все, о чем ві читали в єтом сообществе за последние пару лет, теперь можно иметь под рукой в виде моей книги English Grammar Untangled. Имея єту книгу под рукой, ві легко заткнете за пояс любого преподавателя и любого носителя ( Read more... )