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salient: noticeable; also, projecting; also, leaping.

Every and all often have the same meaning, but sentences using them are formed differently. The difference is that every is used with a singular noun, while all is followed by "the" and a plural noun.

Mike Pilewski writes: "The U.S. government is using Miss America, fortune cookies and Twitter to try to reach every last person."

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"Rupert Murdoch is thinking of investing in an e-reader to rival Amazon's Kindle."

Six questions to test your knowledge on the different uses of 'get'. Quiznet: 10 March 2010

You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts.

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This activity is great for last lessons of a course, but could be used in other contexts too. It is influenced by an idea from Headway Pre-Intermediate.

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A sale of the papers of Giorgio Vasari, thought of as the founder of European art history, has been stopped at the last moment. The papers were being sold to pay off tax debts, but the family said the price was too low.

EDUCATION REPORT:Last month, students from one hundred three universities in 88 countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China.

THE MAKING OF A NATION: In early 1877, Rutherford Hayes was sworn-in as the 19th president of the United States. He became president after a disputed election. (Rerun)

A decisive, catastrophic conflict.

Topics: The Godfather; Graceland and Elvis; to hinder versus to hamper versus to impede; the hunt is on; quick and dirty tips

Words:
godparent
mafia
bribery
corruption
brutal
to legitimize
stillborn
sideburns
the rest is history
mansion
recording studio
artifact
to hinder
to hamper
to impede
the hunt is on
quick and dirty tips

phantasmagoria: a shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined.

* round * loop * track

Short dictations are helpful for both listening and writing practice. Each of these beginning level dictations focuses on a specific learning point such as 'at the restaurant' or 'comparisons'. The dictations include five sentences. Each sentence is read twice with time to write down the answer.

Beginning Level Dictations originally appeared on About.com English as 2nd Language on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 23:57:13.

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Dagmar Taylor writes: "There are questions that just won't go away: What? Why? How? and Why? again."

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Their credit cards are maxed out, but Ross wants money — now! Ross is actually Roshan; he's one of those young Indian graduates who spend their working days on the phone trying to get back the cash spent by Americans during the boom.

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Have you ever found yourself at a loss for words when someone thanks you? Then follow along now as business expert Ken Taylor gives us a variety of ways to say "you're welcome".