THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Every December 10th is the International Human Rights Day celebrated throughout the world.

+ info: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY.

VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AmE & BrE

Here above, you have another infographic with some differences between American & English vocabulary, useful when you're going to study or spend some time studying in any of the two places.

First section: Words that are completely different in each geographical area to refer to food/drink, clothes or scholar-academic issues.

Second section: Another list with words that have double meanings depending on if they're mentioned in America or in Britain, their meaning changes.

Below more examples of vocabulary differences between British and American English.

- CAR PARTS:

- FOOD VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES:

- LETTERS, PUNCTUATION & NUMBERS:

- BUILDINGS:

- CLOTHES & SHOES:

- SPORTS:

+ info: For a complete references of all the differences (spelling, vocabulary & pronunciation) between British & American English, on previous post in this blog go HERE.
+ info: More about AmE & BrE vocabulary differences
+ examples.

ON THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF LENNON'S DEATH

Remembering John Lennon on the 35th anniversary of his murder in New York, with some of his famous quotes. John Lennon was killed 35 years ago at the dorrstep of the building where he lived in New York

ENGLISH VERB TENSE USAGE

Quick reference charts with the basic uses of the different English verb tenses.

TIPS FOR LEARNING A LANGUAGE

Here some more tips for learning a language. Watch the video and the advice these people give.

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SYNONYMS FOR "NICE", "GOOD", "BAD" & "SAD"

Sometimes you keep on using and repeating the same old basic word when there are many other possibilities of expressing the idea with another synonym. Here are some lists of synonyms instead of always using nice, good, bad or sad.

USE OF ARTICLE 'THE'

Here's a chart with the always confusing uses of article 'THE', which don't always coincide with Spanish. Remember that there's also the ZERO article possibility, already seen in a previous post HERE.

INTERNET, EMAIL & SOCIAL MEDIA VOCABULARY

[13th CW] THE HISTORY OF LONDON: THE BIGGEST & THE SMALLEST CITY IN THE UK.

[From Bristoleños.com]

As if it was the Vatican City and Rome, London (UK capital city) has a borough called the 'City', but it isn't a borough, it has a special distinction that sets back a long time ago. Below you can watch a video which clearly explains the main differences between them, but here's a summary of the most important ones:

- More than 8 million people live in Greater London (the grey area of the map above), the capital of England and the UK.

- About 11.000 people live in the City of London (the red area of the map above). It has a totally independent organization from the rest of the country.

- Both cities have different councils, lord majors, police and even laws and collect their own taxes.

- The City of London sometimes acts like Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland or England, the other countries that make up the UK.

- The organization that rules the City is older than England's.

- The City was founded by the Romans, called Londinium. They built a wall and the city grew within it. After William I, the Conqueror, had united England, he couldn't defeat the City, so he offered the Londoners some privileges that have lasted since 1705 until now.

- Later, William I founded another capital, Westminster, to diminish power from the City. This city grew so much to become Greater London.

- Not all London and England's laws are directly applied on the City. 

- Another curiosity is the tradition that the Queen of England can't enter the City without asking for permission to the Major of London.

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