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Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose

Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school

Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE

Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way

Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so

Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it

Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore

Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results

Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be

Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap

Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects

Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it

Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple

Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them

Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained

Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect

Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother

Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands

Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one

Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing

Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong

Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech