Hi again, Member -
Some of us have recently returned from two very excellent trips.Two weekends ago
we were in Scotland and everyone had a wonderful time.
John, our coach driver, whom is also an historian, not only did he drive us, but
he wore his traditional Scottish dress including kilt and all the trimmings. He also
gave us a top-notch guided tour of Edinburgh.
The whether was kind to us, too - we had lots of lovely sunshine. Wonderful!
Last weekend a group went to Paris by Eurostar and once again all had a great time!
I was all ready in Paris, and met the group in the Gare du Nord.
A number of us have opted to have Friday lunch at the local restaurant (which many
others of you will remember!) and we had a friendly, lively meal with plenty of
good wine. After it, the students staggered off to explore Paris, and I dozed off
to an afternoon siesta.
The coming Sunday there is a trip to the Roman City of Bath, and the small medieval
village of Lacock.
I know that many of you have been already there, but if you haven't, email to book
your place, and Bob's your uncle!
For trip details, see http://abceda.com/bath.htm
Coming on 5th November is a weekend in North Wales - this is a humdinger of a trip
to castles, mountains, cliffs and coastline, and if you haven't been, you'll be making
a huge mistake not to come! Details at: http://abceda.com/nw.htm
I told you last time that I'd tell you about new trips in November and December.
Well, please keep that on hold - I'll email you information asap. Enough to say they'll
be the better value in London!
Here's a pizza good news for me!
Dixon's, the famous electrical store actually emailed me today and asked why I have
not got their advertisements on Abceda.com! This is fame indeed!
The Private Teacher pages are slowly getting populated. If you are a teacher of private
lessons, you are welcome to post details of your services. Many people sees them!
See http://abceda.com/privlesson.htm
Lastly, remember, remember the 5th of November - Gunpowder, Treason and Plot!
We celebrate Guy Fawkes Night on 5th November, but who was Guy Fawkes? Well, here
is a nice website that will tell you all about it in quite easy English.
Have a look at http://www.fireworks-displays.com/
OK, that's all for today - but before I sign off - how many English errors did you
spot?
Best regards!
Mike.
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Excellent means that something excels - it is superlative - you cannot have a degree
of excellence, so "very excellent" is wrong.
"whom" is the objective form of "who". It should be "who is also an historian".
The indefinite article, "an", however, is correct - we use "an" before "historian"
and often before "hotel".
The verb with "not only" is made interrogative when "Not only..." is at the beginning
of the sentence (see Inversion). For example "Not only did he drive, but he also
guided the tour" is correct, but "He not only guided the tour but he also drove"
is right.
"whether" should be spelt "weather".
"all ready" should be "already".
All ready means that everything or everybody is ready.
"have opted" (present perfect tense) should be "opted" without "have" (past simple
tense). You cannot use the auxilliary "have" when you are speaking about a definite
time in the past - here, it was on Friday.
"dozed off" means fall into a light sleep, so I couldn't doze off to a siesta. It
should be "staggered off" or "went off" (although dozed off could just possibly be
"artistic license").
"better" should be "the best". Better is used when comparing two items. Best is used
when comparing many items.
"thing" should be the plural:"things".
"pizza" should, of course, be "piece of" - but it sounds ok!
“sees" should be "see". People takes a plural verb, and "sees" is the 3rd person
singular.
There is an error in "Remember Remember...etc" but I won't bother with that.
So the total number of errors was eleven (unless I have made more mistakes which
I am not aware of!).
How many did you spot?
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