If not why not? It seems to have an ideal climate, so apart from being stuck on an island what are the pros and cons.

Incidentally, do you live in the Canary Islands or on the Canary Islands?

Probably the long flight time puts a few people off.

'er indoors tells me it´s the preposition IN with countries/islands.

Thanks for the English lesson. I thought it was in and then had a doubt due to its sentence structure looking wrong.....or should that be owing to it its sentence structure looking wrong?

It has this effect or is it affect on me sometimes.

Annie has disappeared now - she´s the English expert.

But I think due to and owing to mean the same, although perhaps owing to is more formal usage?

And I think effect is the correct word in your sentence being the verb, whereas affect is the noun. Or maybe they are both valid usages.

I´ll ask Annie when she gets back later - she´ll give me a kick in the shins if I get it wrong. She´s very intolerant like that. I have to make sure I never say a double negative, or pronounce "something" as "somethink".

Never marry an English teacher!

I live ON Lanzarote, My Friend lives IN Tenerife.
and the climate's lubly. Thank you

its the other way round-

affect is a verb (to affect), to affect, as in this affected me badly or whatever,
whereas effect is a noun. like it had a negative effect on me.

maybe i should take my CELTA and be a teacher after all!!

keith wear sin pads when your wife gets home.

shins even.

I love Lanzarote, but have you seen the house prices compared to the mainland. I also think that personally for myself I could feel a bit isolated on an island I like being able to drive long distances, lovely place though.

Helen

I presume you are right or do I assume you are right.

hahaha you are making me laugh with your english language queries,

well apparently both words mean 'to take for granted'.....

Actually I think I might just not mention my mistake to her at all - she doesn´t read this forum anyway. What she doesn´t know, can´t hurt me!

An old boss always said "never assume anything, as it makes an ASS out of U & ME"

funny that my boss used to say that, must be a boss thing!!!

Helen