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The key to learning a language lies in focusing on forming basic sentences

In the course of mentoring many students to learn English, I realise that the key is to focus on learning basic sentences. Most of the new language learners focus too much on learning too many words. They think that learning more words and more complicated words will make them better in a language. That's wrong. Some even think that writing in a flowery style or complicated style makes them a pro! Wrong! When you focus too much on advanced words,…
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Wrong grammar getting normalised “already”, “anyways” who cares?

Almost 10-15 years ago, I came across the phrase, "anyways" being used by the youngsters. I even remember in one movie Kareena Kapoor saying, "anyways girls..." I remember some Video Jockeys (VJs) from MTV and Channel V saying "anyways". I felt this was grammatically wrong. But in a few months, this got normalised. But I don't see people using this phrase nowadays. Some one or two years ago, I came across the word "already" being used in the wrong way.…