Let me give you an example to illustrate the difference. Imagine there’s a business meeting. There are 10 people when the meeting begins. You happen to pass by the meeting room. How many people do you see? You see 10 people.   Before the meeting is over, 3 people leave the meeting for some reason. […]

The grammar problem Today’s quick grammar point is about the expression “used to” and some related mistakes. There’s a mistake Spanish speakers often make related to the grammar form “used to do something“. What they do is they create a “present form” version of “used to do“, converting it into “use to do“. They do

1) Question: “to infinitive” or “-ing”? This is something students often ask about and it’s kind of a tricky point in English.  Here I’m going to illustrate the difference in meaning between the use of the “to infinitive” and the “-ing” form with two verbs: stop and remember.   stop to do sth (sth =