false friends

Spotlight in the classroom 2/2012

In February: working with a timeline, loanwords, false friends.

Cute false friends

"Mummy, can you phone my hair?" asked my daughter

English at Work: Avoiding false friends

One might assume that false friends have to do with toxic relationships. But of course we're talking about false friends from a linguistic point of view. Here's Ken Taylor to explain.

Is your business English full of funny Germlish? These classic "false friends", or words that sound right but are wrong, will make you smile. Learn to get things right with this week's collection of twelve frequent translation errors.

"I use the internet instead of newspapers to keep up with __________."

Actual affairs or current affairs?

Alike but not the same. Photo by wrw/pixelio.de

False friends - Medium

Some German words seem to have similar-sounding English equivalents. But many of them are "false friends" and mean something very different.

"Yao Ming is one of the most ______ basketball players I've ever seen."

Impressive or impressing?

No April Fool: Essential grammar - Medium

Have you ever felt embarrassed because you said something in English that you didn't mean? Do our grammar exercises and you won't feel like an April fool.