YoutubeTrimmer still the best app for getting a clip of a Youtube video

 Vibby used to be the best, because it allowed annotation, and you could get several clips in one project. But Vibby has closed down. 

After trying out a few alternatives, today, I still think Youtube Trimmer is still the best alternative. It's very simple to use. Of course, unlike Vibby, each resulting link contains one clip only. But in most use cases, that is OK. 

A reminder: When done, copy the Second link to use. 

https://www.youtubetrimmer.com/

(of course, Youtube has its built-in clip creator. But you can only get a one-minute clip at most.)

a quick way to create a timeline in WORD,

 Like PPT, WORD also has a SmartArt function which can be used to quickly create a timeline. 

Two ways to go: 

WAY 1

1. In WORD, type out a list. 

2. Copy the list. 

3. Click on SmartArt, and then choose Process, and then choose one of the process templates. 

4. then, in the left-hand text box, paste in the copied list. 

WAY 2

1. As in WAY 1, but start with Step 3. Type in the list items. 

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Either way, if there are sub-steps in each main step, in using Way 1, just press TAB, and type out each substep 

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Final Reminder: USE Horizontal as the Page Orientation. 

When there is a fire, ...

 

Hong Kong is probably the only city in the world which   says "When there is a fire,...". Not that it's grammatically wrong, but it's kind of pessimistic, isn't it? It's like "Sooner or later, there will be a fire. And 'when there is a fire, .....'."  (Other cities say "If ...", "In case of...", "In the event of ...", ....

Just found a free PDF converter app

 Just found a PDF converter app (web; desktop) which can do many things. And it's FREE! (https://tools.pdf24.org/en/creator)

"Type 3 conditional sentence"

Is this conditional sentence wrong? 

"If Jane had asked me, I would give her some money."

Glad to run into this example by Roger Berry in his 2021 book "Doing English Grammar : Theory, Description and Practice."

Berry was citing the above example from a test for teachers. The 'correct' answer, according to the test, and as you can guess, was: "If Jane had asked me, I would have given her some money." 

The so-called Type 3 Conditional Sentence!

Of course, depending on the context, and the speaker's intended meaning, "If Jane had asked me, I would give her some money" can be 'correct'!

Berry then used the term "the long-discredited three- or four-conditional approach" to describe the over-simplified and rigid classification of conditional sentences often promulgated in ESL textbooks. That totally resonates with me. 

Again, this highlights the importance of teacher language awareness.