香港學生的千年英文錯誤： used to vs. be used to I used to work in Central, one of the CBDs in Hong Kong.我曾經在中環返工。 I am used to working in Central. I dress in smart casual every day. I work in a glamourous office. 我已經很習慣在中環返工了。我每天穿smart casual。我在一個光鮮的office工作。 used to 做一啲野，以前做，used係「二號動詞」，用simple past tense be used to唔一定係past tense，個be變咩tense都可以，used係形容詞，等於accustomed（習慣了）的意思。 有好多同學be used to後面唔識得加gerund，喺度係介系詞（ preposition）後面要用名詞（noun）或者動名詞（ gerund） 㗎。 犯呢啲錯，考官一定會扣分，聽你講野嘅人亦一定會扣印象分，因為呢啲係好基本，而且會導致誤會。 重新學好英語，固本培元，有基礎學起，成人英語再起步課程，$1499一期，一共六期，首兩期現正開售：https://finnieslanguagearts.teachable.com/p/adult-foundation 每天學一點點英語，增加詞彙量，糾正錯誤讀音，從電影學好英語對話，和芬尼老師每週進行互動聽講讀寫練習，join我們Patreon： https://www.patreon.com/finnieslanguagearts 訂閱我們的電郵通訊，收到最新的學英文資訊： bit.ly/fla-nl

#EnglishEverywhere🌋 近日有疑似香港政府支持者發起白宮聯署“Stop to intervene in Hong Kong”，要求美國停止干預香港。 - 不過呢句就有啲英文嘅問題，的確大部份verb後都會跟to-infinitives, 不過stop就可以跟to-infinitives同gerund而佢哋嘅意思係完全唔同，stop跟gerund就係停止個動作，例如上堂就偶爾會聽到老師叫你stop talking, 即係「停止講嘢」呢個動作。但stop跟to-infinitives可以話係完全相反嘅概念，例如stop to talk就係「停止手頭上嘅工作，然後講嘢」，所以真係唔好撈亂！呢度話”stop to intervene”即係......🙊🙈🙉(其實你撐政府定助攻反對派?)，應該要變做”stop intervening掛😅 - 另外仲有個minor位就係intervene in後面跟Hong Kong其實有啲奇怪同唔清晰，因為我哋通常都講intervene in sth, 但好少intervene in a place, based on依家呢個context, 我會建議變為”intervening in Hong Kong politics”。 P.S. politics (n.)指政治, politic (adj.)解精明的, political (adj.)解政府相關的，policy (n.)係政策。 - 喂，搞咩聯署都好，check吓grammar......🤦🏻‍♂️簽咩聯署都好，check清楚你為緊乜嘢去簽呀🙈 // Picture Credit: CNN News Edited: Vocabno #Vocabno #English #DSE #2019DSE #20DSE #2020DSE #21DSE #2021DSE #Reading #Writing #Speaking #Wordoftheday #Vocabulary #Expression #Phrase #HKDSE #LiberalStudies #通識 #LS #Dsetips #Linguistics #語言學 #Morphology #JUPAS #升學 #大學 #HongKong #HomeKong #AntiExtraditionLaw

唔知點解Saharah有咁多人問Integrated Tasks點喺Language, Coherence & Organization仲有Appropriacy攞高分啲，明明要求冇paper 2咁高㗎...Anyway今日盡量講吓有咩要求啦。😂 - ‼️Language 🍻Manipulation of phrases from the Data File: 其實呢個如果唔係太過唔啱formality我都傾向唔會大改，好似2018要將Skype messages—>工作書信，又或者brochures—>report咁呢啲一定要轉字眼，但其他如果係Point嘅重點字眼我都傾向keep返個字嘅原形，最多轉吓個form, 例如verb+ing變gerund咁，都要方便marker睇到你個point同覺得你表達嘅意思同Data file一樣。始終point係一分一個，language只係impression marking，我個人覺得唔好呢個位take risk轉咁多嘢較好。 🍻Grammar Accuracy: Paper 3嚟講，考評局講得最多就係tenses，我諗最重要同基本係consistency，唔好寫寫吓past tense變曬present tense, 亦唔好曲解人哋意思，present tense變future tense (2018 考評報告)。因為Integrated Tasks多講實用文體，一啲expect politeness同fomality嘅書信成日都會出現，點用適當嘅modal verb都係一個計分位。 🍻Excellent grasp of more complex structures: 都係Paper 2嗰堆structures, 一篇抽到兩三句已經昇華不少，因為Paoer 3每個task都唔係太長。 🍻Spelling & Punctuation: 基本嘢唔解釋 - ‼️Coherence & Organization 🍻Strong cohesive ties: Conjunction, Connectives, Signpost各樣嘢要做返啦，都係Paper 2嗰類。 🍻Paragraphing: 大致上係一要求一段，當然會有exceptional cases, 但避免正文一段落，寫部分文體嗰時，適當地方用sub-heading幫自己分段都會更好。 🍻On topic: 避免抄多咗，成篇文盡量保留main points同supporting points就好了，最多加入一啲可以令main points同supporting points又或者main points同main points連接更好嘅過渡句。舉個例，2018 task 9，公司幫客人俾錢，想攞discount其實可以連埋，”Our company is going to pay the fee for our customers. As the budget is tight, we would like to see if you could offer us a 50% off discount.”，淨係加咗個”as the budget is tight”已經可以將兩句本身冇乜關係嘅句子連埋咗，記住，考評局成日用concise呢個字分weaker candidates同stronger dandidates，唔好諗住大包圍，更加唔好為咗連埋啲句子而寫好多唔關事嘅嘢，諗清楚嗰樣嘢人哋有冇問過/人哋需唔需要知呢？highlight好曬啲points先好落筆。 🍻格式方面，基本嘢如果email咁，就要有subject line; article就有要heading; report有sub-heading等等。 - ‼️Appropriacy 🍻Tone consistency: 一篇文只會有一種tone, 避免對外信件夾雜informal用字，寫俾同事嘅信就避免太過formal。 // 襯住Valentine’s Day送上一忽仔我最鍾意嘅情詩😆💕祝大家都過一個充滿愛嘅節日🥰 “Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom.”