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Đau ruột vì tiếng Anh – phiên bản Việt Nam – Anguished English [3]
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Đau nhưng cần thiết. Để hướng tới sự chuyên nghiệp trong bất kể công việc gì, dù là nhỏ nhất.
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Vỡ ruột vì tiếng Anh – Phiên bản “Thập cẩm” – Anguished English [2]
DANH NHÂN, KIỆT TÁC, LỊCH SỬ THẾ GIỚI QUA NGÒI BÚT HỌC TRÒ:
The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William J. Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. His father was Mr. Shakespeare, and his mother was Mrs. Shakespeare. He wrote during the era in which he lived. Actually, Shakespeare wasn’t written by Shakespeare but by another man named Shakespeare.
Vỡ ruột vì tiếng Anh – Phiên bản Malaysia – Anguished English [1]
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In a Tokyo Hotel:
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do
such thing is please not to read notice.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby:
The lift is being fixed for the next day.
During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Lưu ý: Một vài động từ có hai dạng quá khứ – Verbs with two different past tense forms
Verbs with two different past tense forms
While many of the most common verbs in English are irregular (e.g. bring, forget), regular verbs far outnumber them. To form their past tenses regular verbs just add -ed or -d to their base form, e.g. talk => talked.
In particular, verbs that derive from nouns follow this regular pattern without exception. Indeed, this pattern is so firmly imprinted in our brains as a basic process for making nouns into verbs that if you were asked to make the invented noun flixxle into a verb you would automatically know how to.
However, there is a very small group of verbs whose past tenses can be either regular or irregular. They include:
Liên quan tới tiền bạc ở Mỹ – US money matters
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Below is a list of money matters that you may encounter on a daily basis during your adventure in the United States.
Tăng vốn từ với tiền tố và hậu tố trong tiếng Anh – Prefixes and Suffixes in English
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Affixes and roots
Adding affixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English.
Prefixes are added to the front of the base (like 
dislike), whereas suffixes are added to the end of the base (active activate).
Prefixes usually do not change the class of the base word, but suffixes usually do change the class of the word.
The most common prefixes used to form new verbs in academic English are: re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis-, out-. The most common suffixes are: -ise, -en, -ate, -(i)fy. By far the most common affix in academic English is -ise.
Tiếp tục về khác biệt tiếng Anh Anh và Anh Mỹ – British vs. American English
Khác biệt về phát âm tiếng Anh Anh và Anh Mỹ
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While there are plenty of other dialects of spoken English, American and British are the most commonly taught in ESL/ESOL/EFL courses. Perhaps that’s because there are literally millions of Americans and the fact that British accents are pretty dreamy. British English and American English are both valued and respected, despite those who often assert that one is better or easier to understand than the other. The similarities between the two far outweigh the differences, but those differences can sometimes really impact understanding. See more below:
Lưu ý đặc biệt về trọng âm từ trong phát âm tiếng Anh – English word stress special notes
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Word stress: Shift in sentences
For some words, where stress is placed depends on their position in a sentence. When the word is spoken alone or at the end of a sentence, the stress occurs near the end. When the word occurs before another word in a sentence, the stress occurs earlier.
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22 cách nói CÓ – 22 ways to say yes
The word yes is great and all … but there’s plenty of other ways you can offer someone a verbal go-ahead. So if you feel like dipping your toes into the wild waters of alternative affirmations, then take a gander at the list below. If you’re feeling brave, deploy an aye aye in a business meeting or let loose a fo’ shizzle when someone asks if you’d like to go grab an ice cream. Let’s have a look at other ways to say yes!
Đủ vốn để nói KHÔNG cả tháng – 29 ways to say NO
Sometimes you need somebody to get the point, and a simple no won’t do it. We’ve taken a look through the Historical Thesaurus of the OED and other sources to find out how best to say no to something. Now you can say no daily for almost a whole month without repeating yourself.
1. no
Let’s start with the easy one. No dates to Old English, unsurprisingly; a corresponding o(meaning ‘ever; always’) is now obsolete.
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Tại sao ký tự & biến mất khỏi Bảng chữ cái? – What Character Was Removed from the Alphabet?
Tìm hiểu về Flammable và Inflammable – Why Do Flammable and Inflammable Mean the Same Thing?
English is a trickster of a language, evidenced by the fact that two words that appear to be antonyms can actually mean the exact same thing. For the most part we manage to bumble along without confusing the two, and can figure out which meaning is intended based on context (although in the case of regardless and irregardless some extra time is needed for teeth-gnashing). We know thatinhabitable refers to a place that is habitable, and don’t feel any need to stop our conversation to point out the superfluous in- prefix.
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Tại sao người Hà Lan gọi là Dutch? – Why Are People from the Netherlands Called Dutch?
A demonym is any name derived from a place. The word “demonym” was coined by Paul Dickson, an editor at Merriam-Webster, in his 1997 book Labels for Locals. Californian, Frenchmen, New Yorker, and Swiss are all demonyms.
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Lối nói/ngôn từ máy móc/sáo rỗng – Cliché
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Cliché Definition
Cliché refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty. A cliché may also refer to actions and events which are predictable because of some previous events.
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Cách viết thư công việc sao cho khéo – Business Letters: Accentuating the Positives
Your letters will be more successful if you focus on positive wording rather than negative, simply because most people respond more favorably to positive ideas than negative ones. Words that affect your reader positively are likely to produce the response you desire in letter-writing situations. A positive emphasis will persuade the reader and create goodwill. In contrast, negative words may generate resistance and other unfavorable reactions. You should therefore be careful to avoid words with negative connotations. These words either deny—for example, no, do not, refuse, and stop—or convey unhappy or unpleasant associations—for example, unfortunately, unable to, cannot, mistake, problem, error, damage, loss, and failure.
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Thành ngữ về đồ ăn – Food idioms
Một số từ vựng cần biết khi đi mua sắm.
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Một số cách nói về ăn uống – Food and cooking
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Food and cooking
- Nosh / grub – These are informal words for food.
- Lets go out for a slap up dinner. / Let’s pig out and stuff our faces! – Let’s go out and have a lot to eat!
- The food was fusion. – There was a mix of two types of food, e.g. Thai and western European.
- I really fancy an Indian! – You’re not in love with someone from India – you just want to go for a curry [spicy Indian food]!
- Fancy a ruby? – Here, ‘ruby’ is rhyming slang for ‘curry’. [Ruby Murray was one of the most popular singers in the UK in the 1950s.]
- I’m starving. I could eat a horse! – you are extremely hungry!
- I’m just a bit peckish. – You are not particularly hungry but feel like having something to eat.
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Một vài cách nói về sức khỏe trong tiếng Anh – Health related terms
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Feeling ill
- I feel really rough.
- I’m shattered.
- I’m on my last legs.
- You look poorly.
- You look like death warmed up.
- You’re looking peaky.
All these are informal expressions that indicate you are feeling ill or unwell, tired and exhausted.
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Một số từ tiếng Anh cần cân nhắc khi sử dụng – 15 words you should eliminate from your vocabulary to sound smarter
[Không phải luôn luôn đúng, nhưng rất đáng xem và cân nhắc khi sử dụng tiếng Anh]
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Newsprint is on life support, emoji are multiplying faster than hungry Gremlins, and 300 million people worldwide strive to make their point in 140 or fewer characters.
People don’t have the time or the attention span to read any more words than necessary. You want your readers to hear you out, understand your message, and perhaps be entertained, right? Here’s a list of words to eliminate to help you write more succinctly.
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Thành ngữ tiếng Anh thông dụng – Popular English idioms and slangs
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CRUNCH TIME
the period of time just before a project has to be completed and everyone has to work hard.
Examples:
- I’m not getting enough sleep these days. It’s crunch time at work.
LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY
to let others see your uniqueness
Examples:
- My colleagues were surprised at the Christmas party- I let my freak flag fly and showed them a break dance routine.
Một số “cấu kiện” tiếng Anh thông dụng – the English we speak
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Out of juice:
When you’ve used all the battery power of something like a mobile phone, so that it doesn’t work anymore, we can say it’s ‘out of juice’. It’s a slang expression.
Sometimes if a person feels low on energy, they could say ‘I’m out of juice’. Also if your car is low on petrol, you could say ‘The car’s running out of juice.’
Examples:
- My laptop’s out of juice. This is so frustrating.
- I am packing three spare phone batteries so I don’t run out of juice on my climbing trip.
Một số từ tiếng Anh dễ bị lẫn lộn – Common Mistakes and Confusing Words in English
Let’s face it, English can be confusing. A lot of words are similar but with different meanings, as a result it is almost impossible to avoid making mistakes in English, but if you can get your head around these explanations, you might be able to avoid making these ones or at least recognise them when you see them. Words marked with an asterisk * have confusing pronunciation.
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Một số thuật ngữ văn học – nghệ thuật – Some literature terms
1. analogy (phép so sánh, tương tự)
An analogy refers to ‘a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification’.
2. anaphora (phép trùng lặp, thể trùng điệp)
An anaphora is ‘the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses’.
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Một số thành ngữ liên quan đến bánh trái – 11 baking idioms to whet your appetite
1. To be caught with your hand in the cookie jar
Have you ever had one (or a few) too many cookies and then felt horribly guilty about it? If so, this is the phrase for you! It extends figuratively to encompass someone being caught doing anything wrong or mischievous.
2. Easy as pie
This phrase refers to ‘something easily accomplished or dealt with’and began life, according to the OED, in the early 20th century. We all know just how easy it is to consume a slice of pie (or a whole pie…).
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Một số khác biệt giữa tiếng Anh Anh và Anh Mỹ – British English vs. American English
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When you’re a Brit living in the United States, as I am, sooner or later – and it’s usually sooner, even if you’re trying hard to fit in – you’ll end up using a word or phrase that yourinterlocutor just doesn’t understand. Everyone knows the obvious pitfalls, and they’re constant causes of amusement or starters of conversation, so they’re also easy to remember – elevator instead of lift, sidewalk instead of pavement, fall instead of autumn, restroom or bathroom instead of loo… And even if you do slip up on these, most Americans find them easily ‘translatable’ since the differences are well known. Diverging pronunciations, too, such as those used for schedule or controversy, don’t necessarily stop you getting your point across. But I’ve come to realise that occasionally, my American listeners have simply never heard some of the words I’m using and have no idea what I’m talking about – rather thrilling, really, in such an interconnected age, to find some last bastions of linguistic bafflement. Let me take you through a – perhaps slightly more than averagely – confusing day for this Brit in the US to show you what I mean.
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Từ và cụm từ thường dùng sai – Words and expressions commonly misused
By Strunk, W., Jr. and White, E.B.
Many of the words and expressions here listed are not so much bad English as bad style, the commonplaces of careless writing. As illustrated under Feature, the proper correction is likely to be not the replacement of one word or set of words by another, but the replacement of vague generality by definite statement.
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Thử tý – Accuracy Quiz
Many people would say there was a “mistake” in each of the following sentences. Can you identify them? For each sentence, please do four things:
- mark the faulty word or words;
- briefly describe what is wrong;
- try to write a correct or improved version;
- decide how important the mistake is.
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Thử kiến thức về phát âm tiếng Anh – English Pronunciation Quiz
Summary: Test your knowledge of accent reduction
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What is an accent?
A. carryover of speech sounds from your native language to your second language.
B. A speech or language disorder.
C. A personality trait/characteristic
Thành ngữ mới “sáng tác” – new idioms
Cẩn thận với lối “nói phũ” – dysphemism
Definition of Dysphemism
Dysphemism is originated from a Greek word “dys” means miss or none and “pheme” means reputation or speech. It is a figure of speech which is defined as the use of disparaging or offensive expressions instead of inoffensive ones. Dysphemism is the use of negative expressions instead of positive ones. A speaker uses them to humiliate or degrade the disapproved person or character. Dysphemism examples may be classified according to the following types.
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Tìm hiểu về Uyển ngữ – Euphemism
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A euphemism is a polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear. Euphemisms are used regularly, and there are many examples in every day language.
Bốn chục lời khuyên cho viết tiếng Anh (cũng đáng xem)
Warm-up:
Ba người đàn ông ngồi trò chuyện với nhau về việc người thân của họ sẽ nói gì khi họ nằm trong quan tài trong ngày đám tang của họ.
Người thứ nhất:
– Tôi muốn được nghe người thân nói rằng tôi là một bác sĩ cao thượng và là một người đàn ông mẫu mực trong gia đình.
Người thứ hai:
– Tôi muốn được nghe người thân nói rằng tôi là một người chồng tuyệt vời và là một người thầy giáo cao cả, điều này sẽ làm nên sự khác biệt lớn đối với các con của tôi sau này.
Người thứ ba:
– Còn tôi muốn được nghe họ nói: “Nhìn kìa! Anh ấy đang cử động”.
Forty writing tips:
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Phép ngoa dụ/cường điệu – hyperbole – trong tiếng Anh
Warm-up:
Một cô gái mặc váy ngắn bước lên tàu điện. Không còn chỗ ngồi, cô nhìn quanh. Vừa lúc đó có một chàng trai trẻ mời:
– Cô có thể ngồi lên đùi tôi.
– Tôi sợ làm gãy cái tẩu thuốc lá trong túi quần của anh.
Chàng trai trẻ chưa kịp đáp lại thì ông già khoảng 70 tuổi ân cần nói:
– Cô có thể ngồi trên đùi tôi, vì tôi đã bỏ thuốc 10 năm nay rồi.
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Hyperbole
[pronounced: hy-PER-buh-lee]
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
Then another thousand, then a second hundred,
Then still another thousand, then a hundred
Catullus
Definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. It is from a Greek word meaning “excess.”
Hyperboles can be found in literature and oral communication. They would not be used in nonfiction works, like medical journals or research papers; but, they are perfect for fictional works, especially to add color to a character or humor to the story.
Hyperboles are comparisons, like similes and metaphors, but are extravagant and even ridiculous.
The media and the advertising industry often use hyperbole (which may then be described as hype or media hype).
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Phép nhân cách hóa – personification – trong tiếng Anh
Warm-up:
Trong giờ toán, cô giáo vẽ hai nửa hình tròn lên bảng. Bỗng một cậu học sinh kêu to: “Ô, cái mông!”
Cô giáo rất giận và mời thầy hiệu trưởng đến để kỷ luật học sinh này vì tội nói bậy trong lớp. Thầy bước vào, nhìn ngay lên bảng và nói với cậu bé: “Em sẽ bị kỷ luật nặng đấy. Tại sao em lại dám vẽ cái mông lên bảng như thế này?”
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Personification
Definition:
Personification is a figurative language technique where an object or idea is given human characteristics or qualities. In other words, using our language, we make an object or idea do something that usually is only done by people. With personification speakers and writers make the object or idea like a person and, hence, they personify it. Personification is often confused with anthropomorphism, where human abilities and characteristics are given to animals (such as in fable, where animals talk and behave as humans do) but the term “personification” should not be applied to human-like behavior in animals.
Phép so sánh/ví von – simile – trong tiếng Anh
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Simile
[pronounced: SIM-i-lee]
It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been working like a dog
The Beatles
A simile is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another different thing. We can use similes to make descriptions more emphatic or vivid.
We often use the words as…as and like with similes.
Common patterns for similes, with example sentences, are:
Cách dùng “thủ pháp lập lờ” – ambiguity – trong tiếng Anh
Warm-up:
Một cô gái mặc bộ bikini mỏng, mải vẫy vùng bơi lội, chẳng may chiếc quần lót bị bung mất. Không biết làm sao để lên bờ trong lúc trên đó có rất nhiều đàn ông.
Loay hoay một lúc, cô gái nhanh trí liền gỡ một tấm bảng chỉ dẫn của hồ bơi che vào phía dưới và thản nhiên bước lên. Bỗng rộ lên những tiếng cười, cô gái giật mình nhìn xuống thì thấy tấm bảng ghi dòng chữ “Khu vực dành cho đàn ông”.
Mắc cỡ, nhưng bình tĩnh, cô gái liền lật úp tấm bảng chỉ dẫn lại. Lần này tiếng cười rộ lại to hơn. Nhìn xuống cô thấy dòng chữ: “Độ sâu 3m5”.
Use ambiguity for good, not evil
Ambiguity can go either way. Its effects range from the ridiculous to the sublime. On the ridiculous end of the spectrum are examples like “Touch Me, I’m Dick,” the name of a song written by the rock star wannabe played by Matt Dillon in the 1992 movie Singles. The movie takes place in Seattle in the heyday of grunge. The song’s fictional title plays on “Touch Me,I’m Sick,” the name of an actual song by Mudhoney, one of the representative bands of that scene.
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“Ambiguity” hay là sự lập lờ ý nghĩa trong sử dụng tiếng Anh
Warm-up:
Chàng trai nọ chạy thục mạng đuổi theo một chiếc xe buýt chở đầy du khách, nhưng chiếc xe đổ dốc rất nhanh.
“Dừng lại đi.” Một người khách tốt bụng thò đầu ra cửa sổ hét lớn với anh chàng “Cậu không đuổi kịp nó đâu, đợi chuyến sau vậy!”
“Nhất định cháu phải đuổi kịp ạ.” Chàng trai trẻ vừa nói vừa thở hồng hộc: “Vì cháu là tài xế xe này mà.”
AMBIGUITY
A word, phrase, or sentence is ambiguous if it has more than one meaning. The word ‘light’, for example, can mean not very heavy or not very dark. Words like ‘light’, ‘note’, ‘bear’ and ‘over’ are lexically ambiguous. They induce ambiguity in phrases or sentences in which they occur, such as ‘light suit’ and ‘The duchess can’t bear children’. However, phrases and sentences can be ambiguous even if none of their constituents is. The phrase ‘porcelain egg container’ is structurally ambiguous, as is the sentence ‘The police shot the rioters with guns’. Ambiguity can have both a lexical and a structural basis, as with sentences like ‘I left her behind for you’ and ‘He saw her duck’.
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Làm sao để khỏi “dài dòng văn tự” – wordiness?
One of the most efficient ways to improve your writing is to edit it for conciseness. You may have been struggling to think ideas through as you wrote—and piled up alternative wordings. Or you may have fallen into the habit of using more words than necessary just to use up space. If you can let your original draft “cool down” a while, you will find it easier to recognize unnecessary words and edit them out. Your reader will thank you! Here are some common patterns of wordiness, with sensible things to do about them. See more below:
Lựa lời mà nói [2] – Bias in language
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Bias appears in language when a writer or speaker uses language in a way that stereotypes or excludes on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, physical capabilities, etc. Read the following sample sentence:
Cách viết [biên/văn] bản ghi nhớ (memo)
This article will help you solve your memo-writing problems by discussing what a memo is, describing the parts of memos, and providing examples and explanations that will make your memos more effective.
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Lựa lời mà nói [1] – Bias in language
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Most writers want to be respectful of others by avoiding offensive—particularly sexist—language. The question, “what counts as sexist?” is the blunt query that seems to call for a list of words to avoid. Yes, such a list could be made: swear words that emphasize masculine power or feminine helplessness would top this list, and “pet terms” that imply that a person is inexperienced or less capable (for example, “girlie” or “son”) would be featured as well.
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Tổng hợp cách sử dụng các dạng thức viết tắt trong tiếng Anh – All about abbreviations in English
Abbreviate the following:
Titles before names:
Mrs., Mr., Ms., Prof., Dr., Gen., Rep., Sen., St. (for Saint)
Notice that Miss is not an abbreviation, so we don’t put a period after it. Ms. is not an abbreviation, either, but we do use a period after it — probably to keep it consistent with Mr. and Mrs.
The plural of Mr. is Messrs. (We invited Messrs. Carter, Lincoln, and Ford.) The plural of Dr. is Drs. (We consulted Drs. Carter, Lincoln, and Ford.) The plural of Mrs. is Mmes or Mmes. (with or without the period).
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Mười quy tắc viết số và chữ số
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1. Number versus numeral.
First things first, what is the difference between a number and a numeral? A number is an abstract concept while a numeral is a symbol used to express that number. “Three,” “3″ and “III” are all symbols used to express the same number (or the concept of “threeness”). One could say that the difference between a number and its numerals is like the difference between a person and her name.
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Từ và cụm từ Latin và Hy Lạp thông dụng trong tiếng Anh
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Even though Latin is considered a dead language (no country officially speaks it), its influence upon other languages makes it still important. Latin words and expressions are present in virtually all the languages around the world, as well as on different scientific and academic fields.
Below you will find a list with the most used and important Latin words and expressions, enjoy!
LUYỆN TIẾNG ANH 