PBC—The Department of Scientific English Language

Many English learners and students of mine, especially in Maputo province where I currently live, confuse talk to for talk with (which is mostly because of the inability to distinguish the differences between the two. Given that this is commonly mistaken by some English-as-a-Second-language speakers, it does not generally mean that it must be related to  hypercorrection  linguistics. This kind of slight unconscious mistake is just a simple grammar lesson that, by far, seems unimportant, but requires our concentration and should also be hammer homed. The differences between the two phrasal verbs are slightly lilliputians, therefore the mistake remains sub-concious. Here is what I think about them: TO TALK TO  To talk to can mean one-sided conversation, i.e, it means that the conversation is likely going to be held mostly by one part/side of the conversationalists during a certain reprimand. I would like to talk to the last student about something I have n...

W → V, V → F. Why do German speakers wrongly transpose rather than shift when speaking English? This is a form of a phenomenon called  hypercorrection . The problem is that the sound  [w]  does not exist in German and indeed there are many German speaking people who are unable or unaware to pronounce this sound and use  [v]  instead. This is what makes the traditional German accent. (Mainly spoken by people who learned English rather late or only know some phrases.) Now, if at some point English speaking Germans learn how to pronounce the  [w]  sound, they will have a tendency to overgeneralise this as they try to hide their original accent. (This happens sub-consciously and is not only a phenomenon seen by English speaking foreigners). W armest regards, PBC- Department of Scientific English Language - Chief Executive Officer Pedro Benny C.

What is the difference between " pay attention on " and " pay attention to "? Many English language as a second language learners have troubles in distinguishing the differences present between the two options. However, throughout this post I'm going to tell you everything you need to understand about these phrases and guide you through the correct usage of this 'riddle'. To pay attention to someone or something is to keep concentrated on something or someone, i.e, to keep your attention on a thing. Maggie has an SAT test tomorrow, therefore she's paying too much attention to her Mathematic professor explaining how the geometric graphs have gotten to that increasing point. I have been paying attention to the children since their parents have left out. Commonly speaking, the phrase to pay attention on something or someone has no sense and nothing to do with the direction of the attention. If we pay close attention to the preposition i...