{"id":1413,"date":"2012-06-28T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T09:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockyourenglish.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2012-06-28T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T09:15:42","slug":"rock-your-english-newsletter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffiduberman.com\/nl\/rock-your-english-newsletter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Your English! newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

You rock!<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for signing up for my newsletter. It\u2019s a little bit grammar, a little bit gangsta, and a whole lot of gratitude. Hundreds of people all over the world receive this every week and I cannot tell you how my heart does a little jump of joy every time I think of it. To thank you, I\u2019d like to offer you all a 10E discount on my Complete Course<\/a> \u2013 code is I ROCK. Because you do!<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s get busy!<\/p>\n

NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of you might have heard about the \u2018In Bed With Buffi\u2019 coaching session at the fabulous Lloyd hotel on 21 June (see link<\/a>). It was a great success! I put on my softest pajamas and my sharpest analytical skills to help some very talented songwriters raise their lyrics to a higher level. See pics below.<\/p>\n

I also finally met Freek Vonk (http:\/\/www.evolutionbites.com<\/a>) who has so much energy, passion and love for what he does that I wanted to bottle it and take it home with me. He showed me his scars from shark and cobra bites. I showed him my scars from making spaghetti. We are going to do great things together! Really looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

GRAMMAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the best of my Tips Du Jour on Twitter<\/a> (Which I should actually call \u2018Tips Of The Day\u2019 but it takes too many characters!) \u00a0\u00a0A is used for consonants (b,c,d,f\u2026) and AN is used for vowels (a,e,i,o,u). But watch out! We say \u2018an umbrella\u2019 but \u2018a university\u2019. Why? University starts with the \u2018y\u2019 sound \u2013 it sounds like \u2018you-niversity\u2019. Other words like this also go with A \u2013 a united front, a universal problem, a unit, etc. So be careful! \u00a0\u00a0BREATHE is a verb. It\u2019s something you should do pretty often. BREATH is a thing. I hope something takes yours away today for one special moment. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

YOUR QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Someone who is on chapter 2 in my course asked what it meant when the \u2018ing\u2019 form of the verb is used without the am\/is\/are part first. For example, \u2018Learning English is fun\u2019. This is called a gerund. In this sentence, \u2018learning\u2019 is actually the subject of the verb and the verb is \u2018is\u2019. Other examples are \u2018Taking care of children is tiring.\u2019 Here I have used 2 gerunds \u2013 the first one is \u2018taking\u2019 and the second one is \u2018tiring\u2019. Neither are used as a verb in this sentence \u2013 the first (\u2018taking\u2019) is part of the subject of the sentence and the second one (\u2018tiring\u2019) is an adjective. For more information on gerunds, click hier<\/a><\/p>\n

GIGGLE TIME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever someone tells me \u2018I want to sound American\u2019 or \u2018I want to sound more British\u2019, I always ask them\u2026\u2019Which one?\u2019 \ud83d\ude09 Enjoy! http:\/\/ww<\/a>w.youtube.com\/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have a question you\u2019d like me to answer, ask anytime on Twitter<\/a> or on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sending you all a Niagara Falls full of champagne,<\/p>\n

buffi duberman<\/p>\n

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Loved teaching in my pajamas!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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