Difference between the increased and the increasing ? Which expression is correct : "the increasing amount of ... (something)" or "the increased amount of ... (something) "

Idioms and proverbs to share

Proverbs and idioms are a strong tools to express a thought ; but they are also tricky and make the comprehension difficult between people of diffirent cultures. Can you please share an idiom or a proverb you know and explain it.

I will start by this one that I learned from my teacher :

He is as fit as a fiddle. And it means that : He is in good health.

Sports Nowadays sport events are very important especially those that gather countries from all the world. The Olympic games created by Greeks as a competition between Greece cities became a planetary event with a winter version. When I have time I watch every discipline and try to understand the rules. No matter the sport, if competition is tight the thrill is assured. However, among all sports football is undoubtedly the most popular. This popularity even make others sport fans jealous. They always try to point the violent attitude of supporters to criticize it. Certainly violence events are more frequent in football but the comparison is unfair since probability of events are proportional to the number of supporters and the frequency of competitions which are obviously higher in football world. Anyway sport values are always great. The attitude of sport people is often much better than others celebrities. So their influence is often positive on children.

Which language is a must to learn and to be fluent in ?

I think if I can be fluent in only one language it has to be English. It helps in job and academic careers as for communicating with foreign people. Do you agree ?

In your native or practicing language, is the pronounciation matching with the spelling ?

If you are having trubles with words that have the spelling different from the pronounciation or vowels that the pronounciation change every time that's because the language is a highly non-phonemic language. (from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography)

 

Examples : the "U" in "cut" and "put".

 

I had trubles with French (and still having) and now it's English.

 

Is your laguage(s) one of them ?

Help with correcting a formal letter in English ? Who can help me ? I wrote a short formal letter in English which need to be corrected.

Have you ever experienced a disaster ?

The last disaster, Typhoon Haiyan, caused more than 3500 death and more than 1100 still missing. After the relief period, the survivors will be less vulnerable to the next disaster and more aware because of the experience they acquired during the first one.

What type of disasters threats your country ? and have ever experienced one ?

Comment "une lettre d'accueil" est traduite en anglais ? Lettre d'accueil : lettre qui confirme qu'un établissement (centre de documentation, bibliothèque, ..) accepte d'accueillir une personne étrangère et lui permettre de consulter leur fond et rencontrer le personnel.