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Juxtaposition  is when a writer places two contrasting ideas, characters, images or settings side by side  to highlight their differences...

Despite its name, this tense isn’t just about what is happening right now. Instead, it focuses on actions and facts that are regular, repeat

Dramatic irony is a powerful literary device that has been used by authors and directors for centuries. It can create tension, inject...

Prefixes, those small groups of letters placed at the beginning of words, play a crucial role in the english language, and understanding...

Semicolons can be a bit of a mystery in English punctuation, even for native speakers. But once you understand how to use them, they're...

In English, modal verbs are auxiliary (additional) verbs that modify (change) the mood or mode of the verb they accompany. They are...

Conjunctions might seem like small, insignificant parts of speech, but they hold a mighty role in the structure and coherence of...

Understanding Active and Passive Voice. Today, we're diving into an essential aspect of English grammar: the Active and Passive Voice....

Understanding these three sentence types will transform the clarity and accuracy with which you write English. Understanding them is...

Without prepositions, we would be confused and afraid. We wouldn't know where we were, when we were or where we were going. Prepositions...

They've been in the news a lot recently. I love to see a part of speech blow up. But even before that, pronouns were extremely important...

Hopefully this blog will prevent you from making one of the most common mistakes that I come across with English leaners: getting...

Let's get it out of the way before we start: 'fastly' is not a word. It's one of the most common mistakes I hear with early learners of...

Fluent English speakers obey many rules of the language without thinking about them, maybe without ever knowing about them. These things...

John Hattie is a prominent education researcher known for his work on visible learning, which is a comprehensive analysis of factors that...

Here at English With Mr. Jack we use teaching methods that are based on cognitive science and that have been tried and tested in the...

Many language learners give up or become discouraged when the magnitude of learning a language hits them. Our goals for the year are...