Enjoy the Christmas Holiday

...because it will soon be over and we'll be back to the reality of your final marks...
In the meantime, at least it's not so cold here. In the UK there are parts where the temperature has been as low as -19ºC.

Harvard Referencing System

if it's a book:

Bloggs, F. (1980) How to write your name, Cambridge University Press

if it's an article in a review:

Bloggs, F. (2005) Complex sentences, Higher Education Review, 41, 305-357

if the main name is only the organiser:

Bloggs, F. (ed.) (2009) Complicated Grammar Exercises, Cambridge University Press

if it's on a website:

Office of National Statistics (2005) Social Trends www.statistics.gov.uk (correct on 12/12/2005)

the problem of prepositions, infinitives and gerunds

This is an issue which a lot of colleagues seem to have had trouble with during the test, so here is an eight-page handout on everything you need to know about the subject.

The basic rule is easy to follow:
if the expression is followed by "to", then the verb which comes next should be an infinitive;
if the expression is followed by any other preposition, then the verb which comes next should be a gerund;
if the expression is not foloowed by any preposition, then the verb which follows should be a gerund.

If in doubt, follow this general rule. However, there are so many exceptions it makes your eyes water. This handout covers all of the most common ones. Enjoy!

expression plus "to" plus infinitive; expression plus any othe preposition plus gerund