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By Emily Stallard, Owner at Orchid English   This is a post for adults learning English whose first language is a Latin one. In our company English classes around L…

Do you send emails in English? Do you receive emails from native English speakers and wonder what some of the email abbreviations mean? Hundreds of modern email abbrev…

By Emily Stallard, Owner at Orchid English   Over the last month I have been listening to several adult students of English to put together a list of five really co…

By Emily Stallard, Owner at Orchid English   Normally our blog posts are aimed at professionals learning English who work at companies in London. This post comes…

So and such. You’re so busy, we know. But you’re not such a busy person that you don’t have time to read this. How do we use these words in English? This…

By Emily Stallard, Owner at Orchid English   Have you been enjoying the football this summer? I’m not usually much of a football fan but I do like watching th…

By Emily Stallard, Owner at Orchid English   Do you wish native English speakers would correct your English? As corrections are essential to learning a language…

What is a double negative? Do you use them accidentally? Read on and find out! What is a double negative? A double negative is where you have two negative grammar markers…

Suppose you’re in a restaurant, having a great time, and you want to pay for everyone’s meal. How do you offer to pay? How do you offer to pay? Our top recomme…

Is your English teacher always telling you to add or remove “the”? “The” is also called “the definite article” in English. He…