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Playful illustration for Your Roadmap: From Zero to Mastery (The Final Post), an English by Algorithm lesson

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Your Roadmap: From Zero to Mastery (The Final Post)

The final post: a roadmap that ties the whole series into a study plan from zero to mastery.

Playful illustration for Sounding Academic: Register, Hedging, and Cohesion, an English by Algorithm lesson

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Sounding Academic: Register, Hedging, and Cohesion

Sound academic: the register, hedging, and cohesion devices that make formal English read smoothly.

Playful illustration for Growing Vocabulary the Smart Way: Families, Frequency, and Collocations, an English by Algorithm lesson

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Growing Vocabulary the Smart Way: Families, Frequency, and Collocations

Grow vocabulary the smart way, through word families, frequency, and the collocations that words keep.

Playful illustration for Making Every "it" and "they" Crystal Clear: Pronoun Reference, an English by Algorithm lesson

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Making Every "it" and "they" Crystal Clear: Pronoun Reference

Make every it, they, and this point clearly to the right noun and avoid confusing references.

Playful illustration for Building Sentences Like a Machine: Sentence Generation, an English by Algorithm lesson

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Building Sentences Like a Machine: Sentence Generation

Turn the rules around and build correct English sentences from the ground up, like a machine assembling parts.

Playful illustration for When a Sentence Has Two Structures: Ambiguity, an English by Algorithm lesson

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When a Sentence Has Two Structures: Ambiguity

When one sentence allows two structures: how ambiguity arises and how to resolve it.

Playful illustration for RT6: The Hidden "to" and the Hidden "that", an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT6: The Hidden "to" and the Hidden "that"

Reduction transformation 6: restoring the hidden to and the hidden that that English leaves out.

Playful illustration for RT5: The Participle at the Sentence's Edge (and the Dangling Trap), an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT5: The Participle at the Sentence's Edge (and the Dangling Trap)

Reduction transformation 5: participles at the edge of a sentence, and how to avoid the dangling trap.

Playful illustration for RT4: The Shrunken Clause After "if / when / although", an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT4: The Shrunken Clause After "if / when / although"

Reduction transformation 4: the shrunken clause left behind after if, when, and although.

Playful illustration for RT3: The Hidden "if" (Had I known...), an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT3: The Hidden "if" (Had I known...)

Reduction transformation 3: the hidden if inside inverted conditionals like Had I known.

Playful illustration for RT2: The Master Key to Reading Dense English, an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT2: The Master Key to Reading Dense English

Reduction transformation 2: the reduced relative clause, the master key to reading dense, formal English.

Playful illustration for RT1: The Missing "that" Between Two Nouns, an English by Algorithm lesson

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RT1: The Missing "that" Between Two Nouns

Reduction transformation 1: spotting the missing that that hides between two nouns.