Questions from 5 Minute English Readers

Here are some of the questions readers have been asking.  Click on a question to find the answer.

1. What is "Cross your heart, hope to die?"
2. What is the difference between in the bank and at the bank?
3. What is the difference between because and cause?  When can I use them?
4. I keep studying all the lessons you send me and I can't memorize them.  I don't know what  can I do.
5. Why is English spelling so difficult?
6. How do I use either/ or and neither/ nor?
7. Could you advise me on what I can do to improve my listening comprehension?
8. What do supposed to do and supposed to be mean?
9. Can you let me know how and when I can use no longer and any longer?
10. Could you tell me how I can improve on phrasal verbs?
11. What is the meaning of  You are kidding?
12. What is the difference between English speaking and writing?
13. What is the difference between adopt and adapt?
14. I'd like to know how I can improve my vocabulary.  I have many vocabulary lists, but the problem is that I don't know how to learn them.
15. What is the difference between might and may?
16. When do we use to affect and when do we use to effect?
17. Could you help me with a.m. and p.m.?  I am always confused if lunchtime should be 12:00 a.m. or p.m.
18. When can I use this morning or this weekend?  Should it be in the present or past tense?
19. When I want to ask somebody if she takes something like a light breakfast or juice before coming to the gym, is it right to ask  "Do you have something like juice and all before exercise?"
20. Can you tell me how to use let?
21. What is the difference between perception and perspective?