It’s fine if you “talked about” something or “spoke about” something. Correct: We talked about this performance. Correct: We spoke about his experience. However, you shouldn’t “mention about” something. WRONG: We mentioned about his mistakes to the teacher. RIGHT: We mentioned his mistakes to the teacher.
I always advise writers to be concise. This is not easy and I write redundant words too if I’m not careful. In an earlier post, I wrote “past experience” when “experience” could have sufficed because experience is something that has happened. Here are other examples: bright flash of light huge skyscraper Free gift Old antiques[…]
The equal numerator method. Example: Michael and Owen saved some money. 2/3 of Michael’s savings was equal to 1/4 of Owen’s savings. What was the ratio of Owen’s savings to their total savings? When the question is of the form: [fraction] of A is equal to [fraction] of B. You can use the equal numerator[…]
Singaporeans often say 炸zhà鸡. This is inaccurate. There are a couple of ways of reading 炸 and that slight difference would mean different things. 1) It can be read zhà (fourth tone). 炸zhà 药、炸zhà弹 – as you can see, they all have something to do with an explosion. 2) 炸 can also be read zhá[…]
Do you know there’s a difference between “stay” and “live”? To “stay” in a place is to live in it temporarily, whereas to “live” somewhere is more permanent. For instance: 1) Your friend could be going to New York for a holiday. You can ask him, “Where are you staying in New York?” instead of[…]
Digestive juices are produced in the mouth, the stomach, and the small intestine. Mouth – main role is to chew / churn and secrete digestive juice (saliva). Stomach – main role is to digest and secrete digestive juice. Small intestine – main role is to digest and absorb food (not water) and secrete digestive juice.[…]
“I went to recce that place, it was very suitable for holding the field camp.” In Singapore, we use the slang “recce” during NS to refer to the act of visually observing a location before the actual operation. Do you know the full word is “reconnaissance”? For example: We did a reconnaissance of the enemy’s[…]
The heart pumps blood throughout the body. The blood serves as the medium to transport oxygen, carbon dioxide, food, and other substances to the various parts of the body. The human circulatory system (and also that of many animals) is a “double circulatory system”. One circuit goes to the lungs, where the blood is able[…]