Why Knowing English Means More Than Following Rules Let’s imagine someone says: “I have not books.” You might stop and think:– It sounds strange.– Maybe wrong.– But also… maybe not? Here’s the surprising truth: This sentence is not grammatically incorrect.But it’s also not accepted in modern everyday English. Let’s unpack why. The grammar is technically […]
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Real English. Real Thinking. Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin, founder of Start Language School by Tymur Levitin and Levitin Language School A Real Question from a Real Lesson One of my students once asked me a simple question: “Is it correct to say: Whose is that bag? Or is it wrong?” She told me her […]
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Read this article in other languages:English version (original) |Ukrainian version |Russian version |German version At Levitin Language School, we don’t ask students to memorize rules. We ask them to understand why the rules make sense — and that changes everything. Let’s start with a simple question:Why is “a apples” wrong? You could say, “Because ‘a’ is used before consonant sounds and […]
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