http://www.ninazski.com Spreading a pinch of nina-ness to the world Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Present perfect tense We use the present perfect tense for the following: ü An unspecified time in the past --> I have seen that movie. ü An action that started in the past and continuous to the present --> She has been married for ten years. ü A repeated past action which may occur again --> I ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=40 Sometimes you have to memorize things when learning English grammar. Using mnemonics, it will be easier for you to memorize words. I found some mnemonics from my friend's thesis. I think he wouldn't be mad if i post them here for you so you can use it to help you ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=39 There are some words in English that sometimes make us confused because they have similarities in pronunciation and spelling. Mistakes in writing those words can be a serious problem in your grammar exam ;). I will try to list some of them along with the examples here. accept (v), except (prep.) Examples: They ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=37 I was browsing around the net and found this kind of generator thing at http://www.brunching.com/alanislyrics.html. You just submit some words in the form and it will create song lyrics, Alanis Morrisstte’s syle. Haha, it was kindof funny. I was bored with my work i was doing and came up with ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=28 aku ingin berpuisi tapi aku takut mengungkap kata hati aku ingin berpuisi tapi aku tak bisa merangkai kata yang berarti aku bisa berpuisi tapi aku tak mau mengumbar suara hati aku bisa berpuisi tapi aku tidak mau orang lain mengetahui aku bisa berpuisi tapi mungkin tidak sebagus sutardji calzoum bachri aku suka berpuisi karena aku hanya ingin bercerita sendiri aku suka berpuisi karena ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=25 I found these four-leaf clovers in a paddy field in Blora. There was A LOT of them in the paddy field. If a four-leaf clover does mean luck, then I should get good luck after finding some, hehe. http://www.ninazski.com/?p=23 Trying to do the Nina way ;) Old paradigm: It is burdening and hard to do New paradigm: It is something you can have fun with Hope it will work. http://www.ninazski.com/?p=22 To grammar even kings bow (JB Moliere, Les femmes savants, II, 1672) We might have learned English since we were in junior high school. Our teacher might have given us a bunch of grammar exercises to do. The teachers usually give a set of grammatical rules to memorize, while sometimes memorizing ... http://www.ninazski.com/?p=33 Just being silly (er, or creative i would say, haha). http://www.ninazski.com/?p=19 Be tough Nina..sometimes the mountain you’ve been climbing is just a grain of sand.. http://www.ninazski.com/?p=14