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	<description>For both ESL/EFL teachers to discuss English language learning issues and answer students' questions.</description>
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		<title>To use &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;an&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are five vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u among 26 English letters. When we talk about the differences between &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;an&#8221;,  we say that &#8220;a&#8221; is used before a consonant and &#8220;an&#8221; is used before a vowel. But ESL students often make the following mistakes in their writing: - an university (X) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rong-chang.com/blogs/?p=406</link>
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		<title>When the past tense does not express the past time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about something that happened in the past, we use the past tense. However, there are also times when we use the past tense to express something else. a). To express a wish A wish is not something that happened in the past, but we need to use the past tense. e.g. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rong-chang.com/blogs/?p=396</link>
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		<title>The small snails with coconut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Favorite Food     My mother always cooks special food for special occasions. She usually chooses to cook the small snails with coconut, that is my favorite food, but the first time I hated it.  When I was eight years old, I didn’t eat seafood because I didn’t like the smell of it. One day, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rong-chang.com/blogs/?p=366</link>
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		<title>The present continuous tense is often used to express the future.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The present continuous tense is usually used to express something that is happening right now. e.g. I am listening to music. He is smoking now. However, the present continuous tense is frequently used to express the future. e.g. I am cleaning my house this weekend. I&#8217;m picking up my sister at the airport tomorrow. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rong-chang.com/blogs/?p=393</link>
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		<title>About &#8220;Ago&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we use &#8220;ago,&#8221; we must use the past tense. This is what your grammar teacher told you. Here are a few sentences that you might find confusing. I have been using this computer since three years ago. She had done her homework two hours ago. They should have started using it years ago. All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rong-chang.com/blogs/?p=375</link>
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