Thursday, June 25, 2020

Check your English in Emails And Slides - Quicks tips, Oxford, England, and Websters House


UK flag.

Copy your slides into word and check the English, then load up the correct version or correct the slides by checking the revised version.

Note that the Oxford dictionaries are from Oxford, England and give British English.


US flag.

Websters is by Webster who revised the spelling for Americans.




UK
Visit England and take a trip from London to Oxford. When the Covid-19 regulations in your home country and your destination country allow it



USA
You can see Noah Webster's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, washignton DC, USA.

You can visit Websters house in the USA, Covid19 allowing.


Websters House

Statue of Webster, Connecticut



Useful Websites
grammarly.com

Concise Oxford dictionary, hardback, gives etymology (origin of the word)

About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting every Wednesday, on zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the other Wednesdays are workshops on app 

  • learncool.sg

  • Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 
  •  tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

  • Useful Websites
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_self-study_programs
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity

  • https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs


  • translate.google.com
    duolingo.com
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