To help remember the dative prepositions, sing them to the first two lines of the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas. Remember that King Wenceslas first set out on the ‘date’ (= dative) of the feast ...

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Today I am bringing you another of my occasional lessons in our ongoing educational series, "English as a Third, Fourth or Fifth Language". This time round, we are going to look at the way the English ...

Sanjay Khumar Bhola from India asks: I often confuse the difference between beside and besides. Please clear up my confusion. It is quite important not to confuse them, for they are different in ...