Year: 2019
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The historical present
In linguistics and rhetoric, the historical present or historic present, is the employment of the present tense when narrating past…
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What is the difference between a TV series and a serial?
What is the difference between a TV series and a serial? Is one merely a subset of the other? Perhaps…
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KINDERGARTEN
KINDERGARTEN (in Australia and NZ often shortened to KINDER or KINDY) is where 5-year-old children are introduced to school and…
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AN ERRAND
AN ERRAND is a short trip to fulfill some small business. When you’re running errands, you’re making a bunch of…
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DOING CHORES
DOING CHORES means performing regular in-household tasks around the house or farm, which are often unpleasant but necessary. Washing the…
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THE PERFECT INFINITIVE
THE PERFECT INFINITIVE is used with WOULD LIKE/LOVE/PREFER and one or two other verbs to refer to unreal past situations;…
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More About Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs can have transparent and therefore literal meaning which can be easily deduced from its parts. Their meaning can…
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KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY
KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY are two renditions of an idiom that has been in use since the…
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AMONG and AMONGST
AMONG and AMONGST are both prepositions meaning in the midst of, surrounded by, in the company of, or in association…
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EIGHTY-SIX or 86 is a common AmE expression
EIGHTY-SIX or 86 is a common AmE expression in restaurant jargon that means a food item is no longer in…
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