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This just in. Practice eliminating fragments: Is it, or isn't it, a sentence? Everything from ESL students' writing. eslhelpdesk.com/Grammar_Help_H… 4:07 PM May 15th via web
'in the wake of' - an expression commonly in the news. A fun blog post about this colorful idiom on Jane's ESL Blog. janesenglishblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-wak… 8:24 AM May 14th via web
New lesson: Sentence Fragments and eliminating them from your writing. eslhelpdesk.com/Grammar_Help_H… 2:44 PM May 4th via web
Just sent an essay of mine in to an online publisher. I hope it gets published. It's called "The Registry". 2:43 PM May 4th via web
Fragments. I just posted beginning of my chapter on eliminating fragments from your writing. Check it out. tinyurl.com/7ryrq59 10:12 AM Apr 30th via web
Read my newly published poem, Plans. j.mp/IgSs4p" 7:10 AM Apr 27th via web
CLIMATE CHANGE & GLOBAL WARMING: Listen to and watch EPA video on climate change. Vocabulary and questions for you. eslhelpdesk.com/Reading/Listen… 10:43 AM Apr 26th via web
My children's dog book is ready for a publisher who's ready for it. Non-fiction. It's a story that will make you cry, laugh and feel good. 7:42 PM Apr 19th via web
New vocabulary: (to) step down. janesenglishblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-ste… As in "James Murdoch to step down as BSkyB chairman." 7:33 PM Apr 19th via web
@egdrive47 I think you mean "the price WAS DOUBLE -- or WAS TWICE AS MUCH AS -- what it costs at the electronics store." 7:31 PM Apr 19th via web in reply to egdrive47
"fewer tests", "less often", "far less often": Kudos to the NYTimes tinyurl.com/753yehb for good use of quantifiers. tinyurl.com/79k4k3r 7:09 AM Apr 4th via web
@chetdiane777 Here's the song that I can't get out of my mind: One Day matisyahuworld.com/video/one_day/ It's a universal song. 12:54 PM Mar 30th via web
@chetdiane777 Aha. Then you might mean both! You're taking on a new assignment and you're taking over from a (former?) colleague. :-) JH 12:51 PM Mar 30th via web in reply to chetdiane777
@chetdiane777 One tune that I often have trouble getting out of my mind is Mattisyahu's "One Day". Once it's in there, it stays put! 11:03 AM Mar 30th via web in reply to chetdiane777
@chetdiane777 Your English is very good. I have a question. Did you mean "taking over" or "taking on"? They're different. 11:00 AM Mar 30th via web in reply to chetdiane777
@troyschusee There's no link provided. Who's "you" (as in "(y)our" anyway? 10:57 AM Mar 30th via web in reply to troyschusee
"English Teacher Rethinks Grammar Lessons -- With an App" - tinyurl.com/7f78jzw - This is very much like my Easy Writer software! 10:55 AM Mar 30th via Tweet Button
Huffington Post has bad grammar. ".the Obama administration better start preparing for .." Should be "had better start". :-( for Huff Post 4:58 PM Mar 29th via web
This is my ONE HUNDREDTH (100th) Tweet!! 8:03 AM Mar 21st via web
Quiz: "How long __ the Hundred Years War ___?" Which words go in each blank? (for help: eslhelpdesk.com/Grammar_Help_H…) 12:30 PM Mar 20th via web

Name Jane Hanser
Location the USA
Web http://www.eslhel...
Bio Teacher of English and ESL; student of life, language and communication. Developer of popular software for the learning of writing. Author of one grammar book.