Connecting phrases to phrases
PhraseMix is a few months old now. There are now over 400 phrases listed on the site. Yay!
Now that the number of phrases is starting to rise, I'm able to do things that I couldn't when I was just getting started. For example, today I sent out this tweet:
Learn to use "I'm sure that": 1) http://ow.ly/26fFz 2) http://ow.ly/26fI7 3) http://ow.ly/26fGx #english #twinglish #eigodewa
Aaron @PhraseMix
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There are now three different posts that use the phrase "I'm sure (clause)". The latest one was just posted yesterday. So if you want to learn how to use that bit of English, you can now see how it's used in three different situations.
And wow, look at all the posts that include an explanation of "just":
They did just a phenomenal job on this event.
...and there's a lot more where that came from. (I think I either have an obsession with that word, or it's really important in conversational English. Or both.)
I've actually been planning on this for a long time. Part of my original idea behind PhraseMix was to post a lot of example sentences, and then to be able to combine them in interesting ways.
Honestly, I don't think you can learn a word or phrase very well from reading a single example of it in one of my blog posts. But I also don't think it's helpful to try to put dozens of different examples and explanations in every post. That would be too much information to remember at once.
But I do think it's helpful to be able to connect new phrases with ones you've reviewed before. That way, you're building up your understanding of each piece, a little at a time. So far I'm doing that with links in the posts to past phrases. But I want to do more. I'm working hard to try to teach myself the technology that I'll need to pull these off, but if you're a strong web developer or know one who loves language learning as much as I do, please contact me!
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