If the TE-form of a verb and MO II DESU are said together, it means that a permission is granted. That is, the action expressed by the verb is permitted. So, for example, if you want to say to someone ...

November 12, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Though some might treat grammar as dead serious business, that's not a particularly fun way to learn it. Brush ...

No doubt about it: Jenny Baranick is driven to improve the current state of our texting-, emailing-, and spell checker-dependent world. Why else navigate through traffic in a 2001 Toyota Corolla sedan ...

07:45, Mon, Oct 26, 2015 Updated: 08:02, Mon, Oct 26, 2015 A special course has been developed so teachers can prepare almost 200,000 primary school leavers for a rigorous English test next summer ...

Language is a uniquely human attribute, one of the things that makes us what we are. We are all born with the faculty to use it and all languages conform to the same basic patterns and structures. The ...

Self-taught teacher Nevile Gwynne's grammar primer has garnered a cult following, and is about to go mainstream with a new, expanded version. Elizabeth Grice meets him. Nevile Gwynne prefers ...