Sadruddin Ahmed Lesson 11 Still More about Adjectives Here is a list of adjectives which are usually or always used predicatively and which can be followed by the prepositions indicated: answerable to dependant on incumbent on parallel to [...]
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January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Articles
When Famous went Funny
People that are famous in various spheres of life are also human, like us. They also surely had fun in their days. Here is a collection of funny stories of some famous people like Leo Tolstoy, Mozart and even Tiger Woods, the best golfer. Let’s have a look to their stories! Leo Tolstoy – pr[...]
January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Articles
Best Jokes in the World
University of Hertfordshire research on Best Jokes in the World The University of Hertfordshire recently concluded a research project to find the best jokes in the world. This world famous, year long, project set out to discover the world’s funniest joke. It was created by Prof. Richard Wis[...]
December 5th, 2009 - 5:45 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 10
Sadruddin Ahmed More about Adjectives Here is a list of adjectives which are usually or always used predicatively (after the linking verbs) and are followed by the preposition ‘to’: Accustomed close prone resistant adjacent conducive proportional similar[...]
December 1st, 2009 - 1:50 am § in Articles
The Birthday Problem!
Zubair Idris Mathematics has always fascinated me. I came across the birthday problem when I was in middle school. Today I share it with you. Imagine you are on the top deck of a double-decker bus with nothing in particular to do but count your fellow passengers going off to work or university in th[...]
December 1st, 2009 - 1:40 am § in Articles
Imam Hanbal – a legend
Fahima Ali Imam Hanbal, born in 164 AH (or 789 CE) in Khorasan (modern day Turkmenistan), was the founder of the Hanbali school of fiqh (jurisprudence). In spite of all the present animosity among adherents of different madhabs, it is interesting to note how the Imams themselves never belittled each[...]
November 1st, 2009 - 7:02 am § in Health
Ways to Avoid Colds and Flu
Are you avoiding your co-worker with that hacking cough, cold, or flu in the cubicle next to you? Do you draw your hand back from every doorknob? Have cold-and-flu phobia? Get a grip before the grippe gets you. Every time you shake someone’s hand, wash yours But don’t stop there. Wash them as mu[...]
November 1st, 2009 - 6:32 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 9
Sadruddin Ahmed Lesson 9 Linking Verbs and Adjective-Complements In the previous lessons we have explained and illustrated the use of intransitive verbs and the adverbials that go with them. In this lesson and the following ones we take up another kind of verbs and the adjectives that follow them. T[...]
November 1st, 2009 - 12:01 am § in Articles
Evolution of TV Programmes
Haidar Saif It is the Dhakaian filmmakers who shouted the slogan for the first time: a film worthy to enjoy with ‘whole family’… The slogan was inevitable because meantime Bangla cinema took an unhealthy turn towards vulgarism. To bring the audience back to cinema halls, filmmakers invent[...]
October 1st, 2009 - 6:27 am § in Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary – 8
Lesson 8 Adverbials of degree Adverbials of degree broadly answer the question ‘To what extent?’ They can modify adjectives, verbs and adverbs. In this lesson we will explain and illustrate the use of adverbs of degree which modify intransitive verbs and adverbs. [...]