English Tips and Techniques

I write regular articles for my personal blog. Many are related to the English Language, but I also like to write on a range of other topics.

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Henry Loveless

Dec 11, 20233 min read

Scared of English conversations?

The secret is - Fake it til you make it! Imagine this scenario. You are in an English conversation. Maybe there are several people and...

Henry Loveless

Oct 18, 20225 min read

English fluency:Is pulla the solution?

I spend a lot of time trying to think of a way for my clients to practise their speaking skills, because the real goal is to get them...

Henry Loveless

Dec 2, 20214 min read

How to talk faster

To jump directly to the Talk Faster exercise, click here. For great content, read on! [Insert smiley emoticon here] The path to mastering...

Henry Loveless

Oct 4, 20214 min read

Oblige, Obligate or none of the above?

As a native English speaker, we have the advantage of knowing when something sounds funny. Not funny ha ha, but funny peculiar. This is...

Henry Loveless

Aug 18, 20213 min read

Email Closings - How to say goodbye

Nobody likes goodbyes. Especially when we’re writing emails. You know the scenario: You’ve written the email, nailed the greeting,...

Henry Loveless

May 27, 20215 min read

Learning english for busy people

What’s the secret to learning English? How can I learn English quickly? These are the two questions I get asked most often by students or...

Henry Loveless

May 11, 20212 min read

Don't revert, yet.

I love reading other people’s emails. Don’t judge me, it’s my job. You see, getting an authentic idea of the language people use is often...

Henry Loveless

Apr 27, 20212 min read

It's kinder not to use kindly

Do you kindly ask people to do things in emails? E.g., Could you kindly return this document before the end of the day please? Well, I’m...

Henry Loveless

Apr 20, 20213 min read

How to hire a language trainer

There used to be a lot of awful English language trainers. I know because I saw them and I worked with them. You see, not too long ago,...

Henry Loveless

Apr 8, 20213 min read

Stop worrying about exclamation marks!

I started off researching this post after noticing that many of my students were overusing exclamation marks (or exclamation points) in...

Henry Loveless

Mar 30, 20215 min read

What you ought to know about improving speaking skills

Speaking. It’s what it’s all about. We say, “I’d like to speak a foreign language,” But never, “I’d like to listen or read in a foreign...

Henry Loveless

Mar 22, 20213 min read

How to interrupt: the right way

Don’t interrupt! That’s what people of my parent’s generation told me. Even if I had just run downstairs having accidentally set fire to...

Henry Loveless

Mar 9, 20213 min read

10 Safe and polite email greetings

Sending emails quickly is key to efficiency. According to the first page I found on Google, the average worker spends 28 percent of their...

Henry Loveless

Mar 2, 20214 min read

The 3-step recipe to writing ‘discuss’ essays.

Remember the annoying ‘discuss’ type questions from school? School uniforms should be banned – discuss. Remember staring at a blank page...

Henry Loveless

Feb 19, 20212 min read

Why English exams are scary

You’d have to be mad to take an English exam these days. They cost a small fortune and mean staring at a computer screen for several...