The Language Doctor Episodes Episode guide
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The Causative Have
The causative have, how to tell someone your going to have or get
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Improve your English Vocabulary
How to improve your English vocabulary
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How to use Hyphens
Did you know today use to be hyphenated?
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Here you Are or There you Go
What to say when you hand somebody something, here you are or there you go
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Use To and Used To
The difference between use to and used to
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The Difference Between Do and Make
What's the difference between do and make?
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Being Gobsmacked
What does gobsmacked mean?
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Continuously or Continually
How do you know when to use continuously or continually?
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Me or I
Know the rule to using me or I, the Doctor provides examples
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House or Home
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between house and home?
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Singular or Plural
Have you ever thought, there seem to be more exceptions than there are rules?
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Left Wing and Right Wing Parties
The origins of left wing and right wing political parties
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Idioms
Why do the British use the idiom, not bad
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Cheesed Off
Strange English expressions. Where does cheesed off come from?
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Using Gonna
Have you heard British people using gonna?
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Becoming a Translator
Using the verb 'to eat' in the past tense
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I Wish
We use 'I wish' in the past, present and future tense. What do you wish for?
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Conditionals
Have you had problems with conditionals?
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Collecting our Thoughts
Sometimes, words in the English language are used to buy us time to collect our thoughts
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Remembering Vocabulary
Top tips for remembering vocabulary
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Does the UK Need a Language Academy?
France has a language academy. Would it be a good idea to introduce one to the UK?
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Every day or Everyday
Should everyday be written as one word or two?
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You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It
Did you know, after a phrasal verb you can't use a pronoun?
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Trouble with Word Order
Trouble with word order. Do you know what to do with two questions in one sentence?
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Figures of Speech
Do English people speak to fast for you?
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Vowel Sounds and Accents
How to overcome the problem with vowel sound known as diphthong pronunciation
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/Ough/ and Split Infinitive
Possibly the hardest thing to learn in English /ough/
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Phrasal Verbs
How to pick up the top phrase or verbs in six months
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Pronounce /R/ or /L/ and English Expressions
Are you confusing your rice with your lice?
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Working at It
Are you a Spanish speaker and have a problem with /H/? Here is an innovative solution