American English thanksgiving Factoid AMERICAN ENGLISH FACTOID: A student raised a very good question. Why is the word “plans“ plural in the following sentence: “Any plans for the Thanksgiving holiday?” The reason being is that the United States Thanksgiving holiday is actually a four-day holiday comprising of the actual Thanksgiving day, followed by a day that people usually get/take off (Black Friday—to go bargain shopping). Closing out the four-day holiday is the weekend. Saturday and Sunday are days which most United States professionals do not work on. Hence the four-day, Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Thanksgiving Day= One day...usually will only have one plan. Thanksgiving (day) holiday=Four days and will comprise of more than one plan. 1. Eating with friends 2. Eating with family 3. Eating with more friends and/or family (some have step parents or will first eat with their parents, then their boyfriends/girlfriends/spouse’s parents. 4. For the very adventurous, some will camp out in front of their favorite store waiting for a really great sale (I have seen up to 60% off)

8 Ideas to Spot Your Ideal Career Path. Do You Have 5 Minutes?

http://www.lifehack.org/572882/tips-provide-you-clear-direction-for-your-ideal-career-path?ref=fbp&n=1

Seems to be a good article.

Free IN-PERSON English Corner While I Visit Guiyang, Shanghai, Beijing, Hanghzhou. First FREE English Corner city will be in Guiyang on March 24, to March 26, 2017 near Ramada Plaza 1 Beijing Rd. 550004 Guiyang (China) Second FREE English Corner city will be in Beijing on March 27 to March 30, 2017 near Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast 26A Xiao Yun Road, Chaoyang District Beijing, Beijing 100125 China March 31, 2017 to April 3, 2017 near Ming Courtyard 北京名胜酒店 No.34 Xintaicang Hutong, Dongcheng District, Back Lakes (Hou Hai), Beijing, China 100007 中国北京市东城区东直门内大街新太仓胡同34号, 什刹海(后海), 北京, 中国 100007 Third FREE English Corner city will be in Shanghai during two separate tours: April on April 3 to April 5, 2017 near Parkyard Hotel 699 Bibo Road, Zhangjiang High Tech. Zone, Shanghai April 10 to April 12, 2017 Have not decided location yet. Fourth FREE English Corner city will be in Hangzhou on April 6 to April 7, 2017 near Hanting Hotel (Hangzhou West Lake Jiebai) 浣紗路102號,West Lake Scenic Area, Hangzhou, 310001, China These are FREE, In Person, English Corners. All that I ask is that you show and be friendly. I am thinking of having it be a potluck (means bring food to share with others). However, you can just show up with nothing. Be ready to describe what your favorite food is, whether or not you brought that favorite food. It can be simply a piece of fruit. I will give everyone a chance to speak. It will be similar to the way I run my TEOFL and IELTS oral practice workshops. For details, please message me.

哲学概论 Introduction to Philosophy 哲学概论   这当然是中国人，英语和土耳其语免费提供网上。   任何人都希望看到它和我一起讨论在Skype，请在这里发表评论。   https://class.coursera.org/introphil-004 ====== Introduction to Philosophy This course is offered FREE online in Chinese, English, and Turkish. Anyone wishing to view it and discuss it with me on Skype, please leave a comment here. https://class.coursera.org/introphil-004

Literature and Fiction Discussion

If you are an intermediate or above English speaker and want to discuss your favorite book or other fictional story or style of story, please message me here or privately.

 

I am creating a 30 minute to 60 minute book and literature group on Google Chat or Skype.

 

Offer good till October 31, 2014.

 

Discussion would be be during non-working hours in the California Time Zone.

 

Refer to the San Francisco Time Chart Below:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=10&day=10&year=2014&p1=224&p2=237&p3=233&iv=1800

 

Message me if you are interested or leave a message here.

How Do I Spell Out a Number in Arabic? Hello, I am working with a special spreadsheet in MS Office. When I cut and paste it into the special software, there appears to be an extra character to the left of what I believe is not part of the Arabic spelling of the numeral. Without using a translator, will a Native Arabic person please comment whether or not there is an extra character in the spelling? The data is as follows: SPRAS EINH ZIFF WORT AR 0 0 صفر ; AR 0 1 واحد ; AR 0 2 اثنان ; AR 0 3 ثلاثة ; AR 0 4 أربعة ; AR 0 5 خمسة ; AR 0 6 ستة ; AR 0 7 سبعة ; AR 0 8 ثمانية ; AR 0 9 تسعة ; AR 1 0 عشرة ; AR 1 1 أحد عشر ; AR 1 2 إثنا عشر ; AR 1 3 ثلاثة عشر ; AR 1 4 أربعة عشر ; AR 1 5 خمسة عشر ; AR 1 6 ستة عشر ; AR 1 7 سبعة عشر ; AR 1 8 ثمانية عشر ; AR 1 9 تسعة عشر ; AR 2 0 عشرون ; AR 2 1 واحد و عشرون ; AR 2 2 اثنان و عشرون ; AR 2 3 ثلاثة و عشرون ; AR 2 4 أربعة و عشرون ;

"Use Proper Grammar!! Your Life May Depend On It...

"If you use poor grammar when speaking to an American or poor grammar in any person's mother tongue, there has been cases where that misunderstanding starts a war."