A year without Michael Jackson

June 25 marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's untimely passing. Much has transpired in the wake of Jackson's death, including family squabbles, heart attacks and endless legal turmoil.

A year after Michael Jackson's death, the world is still feeling the loss and tributes are being planned worldwide.
Word is the Jackson clan is planning a commemoration at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, which recently cut off access to the Great Mausoleum, where Jackson's body was interred in September, due to the endless stream of fans showing up to visit the site. In honor of his anniversary, fans will be allowed on the grounds, though not in the mausoleum.
"We will be working closely with Forest Lawn to ensure the safety of those who want to pay their respects to Michael Jackson while ensuring the safety of others who are coming to the cemetery to pay respects to their loved ones," Glendale Police Sergeant Tom Lorenz said.
Some fans can't make it to Los Angeles, but they are coming together everywhere, even on Facebook. The group One Million Michael Jackson Fans Pledged to Light a Candle On June 25, 2010, which only actually consists of 14,422 members, plans to light up the King of Pop's honor at 2:26 Pacific Time on June 25.
Then there's the $150-$1400 ticket Forever Michael memorial, planned by the Jackson Family Foundation. The red carpet event, which is being held at the Beverly Hilton the day after the June 25 anniversary, touts that it will "be dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of Michael Jackson" and aims to bring together "family members, celebrities, fans, supporters and the community to celebrate and honor his legacy."
Word is, however, that while Randy's daughter Genevieve is set to perform, much of the family will not attend and they may not have approved of the use of Michael's music, which will play throughout the night. What's more, there have been questions raised about how much of the money will be donated to charity and where the rest of it will go. Hmmm…
In more positive news, Joe Jackson recently announced the construction of a $300 million Jackson Family Performing Arts Center and Museum in Gary, Indiana. Once it's completed, other centers should start to spring up around the world.
The massive 300-acre center will document Jackson family history and feature on-site transportation, accommodations, housing, a conference center, television studio, concert hall, movie theater, nightclub, retail shops and restaurants and an eco-friendly golf course.

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The rules of English
'Rules' for the learner are statements about how the language works. Some rules are very clear: a verb in the present simple third person singular ends with an s. Many rules are more problematical. The difference in meaning between the present simple and present continuous is a more complicated matter. Explanations can help, but you need to pay attention to the English you hear and read. This will help you get a 'feel' for how the continuous is used.

Imperatives
We can use an imperative to tell someone to do something, e.g. Wait for me. This is OK between friends, but don't use the imperative when speaking to your boss or teacher. And don't use it to ask a big favour. We say Could you wait a moment, please? and Would you mind lending me some money? It is polite to put a request in question form.

Answering questions
In a friendly conversation don't always answer a question with just yes or no. An answer like Yes, it is sounds a bit better. Best of all, add another sentence. Did you enjoy the film? ~ Yes, I did. It was great. I like Brad Pitt. This helps to keep the conversation going.


Word order
When you're writing, try to link your ideas. Start with known information and say something new about it.
I was stuck in traffic for a whole hour. Because of the delay I wasn't able to meet my friends.
Here delay links back to stuck in traffic. This is better than putting because of the delay at the end of the sentence.

The future
There isn't a 'future tense' in English. You have to choose from a number of forms. Often will isn't the best choice.
-> For intentions use going to (I'm going to buy a car) not will.
-> For an instant decision use will (OK, I'll buy it) not the present tense.
-> For an arrangement use the present continuous (I'm seeing my boss at three).

A use of the passive
Look at these two sentences.
The Harry Potter books have been a huge success. J.K. Rowling wrote them.
This is grammatically correct, but we can improve it.
The Harry Potter books have been a huge success. They were written by J.K. Rowling.
This is better because the second sentence begins with the known information they (the books). Here we use the passive to get things in the right order.

Objects and adverbs
We don't usually put an adverb in front of an object. We say She read the document carefully and not She read carefully the document. But when the object is long, it goes better at the end.
She read carefully every single word of the document.
When there are two phrases after a verb, the short one tends to come first.

Comparative forms
Three-syllable adjectives form the comparative with more (more sensible). Most one-syllable adjectives have -er (older). Some two-syllable adjectives have more (more modern), some have -er (heavier), and some can have either form (more pleasant/pleasanter). If you are unsure, use more. It is acceptable with almost all two-syllable adjectives.

Adverbs in phrasal verbs
Many phrasal verbs have idiomatic meanings. You can't work out the meaning from the individual words. But it can help to group verbs according to the adverb meaning. For example, one meaning of over is 'from start to finish'. You can read over a document, check over the figures, go over the details, or talk things over. Seeing the meaning of the adverb helps you to understand other phrasal verbs.

Irregular verbs
Irregular forms have to be learned separately because they don't follow the normal pattern with -ed. But this isn't as bad as it seems. Once you've learned write - wrote - written, it isn't so difficult to learn drive - drove- driven. And the same with ride and rise. Some verbs have all three forms the same. These include cost, cut, hurt, let, put, set, and shut. Put them in groups and they'll be easier to learn.

Sentences about yourself
Keep a notebook to write down useful or interesting sentences. Include sentences about yourself, for example I've been learning English for five years. This is more useful than memorizing an explanation about the present perfect continuous tense and the use of for and since with phrases of time. You may also be able to use the sentence in conversation or in writing.

Dictionaries
Dictionaries can tell you a lot about the grammar of individual words. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary has grammar codes and example sentences to show the kind of patterns used with particular verbs. If you look up persuade, you will see that you can
-> persuade someone into something or into doing something
-> persuade them to do something
-> persuade them that something is true, or simply
-> persuade them.