Good Stuff Happens in 1:1 Meetings: Why you need them and how to do them well
Speaking Mistakes Time Capsules
1. SPEAKING MISTAKES – 14th OCTOBER – TIMES CHANGE
There is no possibility to denounce these people because they have committed
crime on the Internet… to report them to the police/to accuse them publicly/to
make them be charged/to incriminate them/to implicate them
denounce /dɪˈnaʊnt s/ verb [ T ]
1. to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly
The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
We must denounce injustice and oppression.
2. to accuse someone publicly of being something bad; to give information against
His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy.
About technology, we have decided …
Other possibilities to avoid repetition: Referring to/As for/Making reference
to/Speaking of
As we are sharing information without control, they are real worried that … really/
extremely/rather/fairly
We would put some furnitures and differents school books.
furniture (uncountable) - no plural in adjectives – different textbooks
... some touristic guides from different countries.
tourist (noun functioning as an adjective); about/of/dealing with/describing
Our capability of fly has been a great challenge for the human being.
of + gerund (flying)
Try to avoid using basic language such as very big (huge/immense), the old
ways (former/ancient/previous), difficult (complicated/rough/arduous/awkward/
gruelling/hard)
PRONUNCIATION
example - BrE /ɪgˈzɑːm.pl / - AmE /igˈzæm.pl/
also - BrE /ˈɔːl.səʊ/ - AmE /ˈɑːl.soʊ/
about - /əˈbaʊt/
airplane - BrE /ˈeə.pleɪn / - AmE /ˈer.pleɪn/ (more widely used in the US)
aeroplane - BrE /ˈeə.rə.pleɪn/ - AmE /ˈerə.pleɪn/ (UK usage)
world - /wɜːld/
mobile – BrE /ˈməʊ.baɪl/ - AmE /ˈmoʊ.bəl/
![SPEAKING MISTAKES – 14th OCTOBER – TIMES CHANGE
There is no possibility to denounce these people because they have committed
crime on the Internet… to report them to the police/to accuse them publicly/to
make them be charged/to incriminate them/to implicate them
denounce /dɪˈnaʊnt s/ verb [ T ]
1. to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly
The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
We must denounce injustice and oppression.
2. to accuse someone publicly of being something bad; to give information against
His former colleagues have denounced him as a spy.
About technology, we have decided …
Other possibilities to avoid repetition: Referring to/As for/Making reference
to/Speaking of
As we are sharing information without control, they are real worried that … really/
extremely/rather/fairly
We would put some furnitures and differents school books.
furniture (uncountable) - no plural in adjectives – different textbooks
... some touristic guides from different countries.
tourist (noun functioning as an adjective); about/of/dealing with/describing
Our capability of fly has been a great challenge for the human being.
of + gerund (flying)
Try to avoid using basic language such as very big (huge/immense), the old
ways (former/ancient/previous), difficult (complicated/rough/arduous/awkward/
gruelling/hard)
PRONUNCIATION
example - BrE /ɪgˈzɑːm.pl / - AmE /igˈzæm.pl/
also - BrE /ˈɔːl.səʊ/ - AmE /ˈɑːl.soʊ/
about - /əˈbaʊt/
airplane - BrE /ˈeə.pleɪn / - AmE /ˈer.pleɪn/ (more widely used in the US)
aeroplane - BrE /ˈeə.rə.pleɪn/ - AmE /ˈerə.pleɪn/ (UK usage)
world - /wɜːld/
mobile – BrE /ˈməʊ.baɪl/ - AmE /ˈmoʊ.bəl/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/speakingmistakes-timecapsules-091019111413-phpapp02/85/Speaking-Mistakes-Time-Capsules-1-320.jpg)
