There are two primary factors that have led to the increased occurrence of typos: haste and carelessness. With a spell check feature available in every word processing program, there’s no excuse for having a typo in your written work. (Even so, you should still proofread what you’ve written!). And typos reflect very poorly on you and your organization.

If you’re exhausted from running errands, from running like a chicken with its head cut off or from simply running around, most likely you’re running out of gas or even running on empty. This episode looks at a few expressions that use the word “run.”

A signature is a handwritten example of your name. This podcast looks at how signatures are used (and misused!), explains the difference between the verbs “review” and “revise” and gives advice on pronouncing acronyms.

Our kitchen layout affects the way we cook. Our office layout affects how we work. Since most publishing companies allow you to subscribe to both print and digital versions of their magazines, preference for one format over the other depends a lot on the content’s layout.

You know all the key words in your field, and tons of expressions and slang too. However, there’s one small problem. Your killer vocabulary is rendered useless because you can’t understand the context in English. Fix that by training your ear to recognize your vocabulary when used by native speakers.

This episode highlights the importance of clarity and simplicity when communicating in English, or any language for that matter. Don’t fall into the trap of using complex words, jargon or acronyms in order to sound expert and sophisticated. More often than not, it confuses your message instead of clarifying it.

Depending on people’s accents, the same word in English can be pronounced differently. By detecting the differences you’ll improve your listening compression.

Drew gives advice on how to be consistent when you say the date so that you stop making mistakes. Also, learn how to use “do/does/did” to emphasize what you want to say.

Using the verb “to be” with dexterity -in other words, without having to think (and without making mistakes!) - in all tenses means that you dominate the foundation of the English language.

Learn English the easy way, just like children do. Imitating what Drew says will quickly improve your listening (and speaking) skills.