Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / December 2003

Sorry for this question. Since it is important to me and I don't
understand English so much.
The following is on the website of the univ of central Florida and I
am an applicant to that school as a foreign student.

Would it be appropriate to refer to a product (not a company) in the
sentence below?
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We chose SomeProduct and it met and even exceeded our expectations.

I noticed this at work and at home.
X years ago you never heard middle class white folks in Minnesota, me,
saying
"Don't be doing that"

What would mean the expression "Kiss my grits"? I can't find it anywhere,
even if  I have been hearing it on T.V. lately. Please, put it in a context.
Hope it is not an injurious expression. Thanks and "Happy New Year"!
Miguel

What's the correct way to hyphenate the below sentence:
Still fit at thirty three, his health club chest neatly filled out a blue
and white micro stripe Armani dress shirt.

I have an admittedly strange question.
In my native country, when a month of the year was mentioned, I could
immediately get a mental picture of where it fell in the year. I could
even quickly form associations between this month and the school year or

A few questions that occur to me after attending a CELTA course.
I hear that a vocabulary of about 3000 words (base forms I assume) is
adequate for communication in English. Can someone qualify this more
closely - e.g. what degree of proficiency would such a speaker have

I would be grateful if someone answers a couple of questions.
1) Which word is preferable in the begining of the second sentence: that or
this?
2) Is there something in the text that sounds unnatural?

Greetings, this time my problem is unawareness of the difference between the
two collocations mentioned in the topic. Do they really differ in meaning?
Best wishes, Mike

"Victory has a hundred fathers  but defeat is an orphan". Could anyone tell
me why "hundreds fathers" is accompanied with "a" in this wonderful phrase?
Regards,
Alexander Bodnarchuk

My Dear Fellowmen,
Can you use "thee" or "Thee" to refer to God?  Is it correct to say "I
see Thee"?
What are the correct usages of "thee"?  Please show examples.  When do

Please send post suggestions and links that can help me liven up the private
ESL lessons I have with a 6 year old and a 9 year old.

Wouldn't like to sound cheeky, but could I ask anyone who is good at English
to take a look at a piece of news I made up? It deals with a sample
application, which is conceived to underline some features of a gui library.
Does it sound quite natural?

What is the meaning of "early bird"?I have seen it in relation to parking
and sales.
Surena.

What is the difference in meaning between:
When do you go to London ?
When are you going to London?