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They are incorrect because they break the rules of English grammar. The idiom is to know better than. The word than is part of the expression. The words I had are followed by an -ing word. CJ

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 300 days ago Grammar Expressions Idioms English grammar
English Animal Idioms

As a part of my research on English language I am working on animal idioms. I would be grateful if some of you could once again answer a few questions conserning the subject: 1) Can an animal idiom be concerned as 'formal'? Are there some used typically informal, are some more used in...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Anonymous 1 yr 310 days ago Idioms Expressions Conversations
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1. A pen is not mightier than a sword at all. The pen is mightier than the sword is an idiom and means communication is more powerful than fighting. Never mind the structure of it. 2. "I'm a human" means physically human - your body or a member of the human race. The expressions "I'm human"...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Tidus 1 yr 311 days ago Expressions Idioms
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Hi Peter, if you know English well, you should easily understand when they talk. If you don't understand, that means there's something wrong with your English. I have trouble understanding too, but I realized that's because my English is not as good as it should be in order to understand...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Kooyeen 1 yr 311 days ago American English Pronunciation Idioms Grammar Vocabulary Expressions
Re: "come" in "How come you vote not guilty?"

Maple wrote: Does "come" function like "do" in "How come you vote not guilty", or "vote" is an infinitive whose "to" is omitted? "How come" is an idiom expression which means "what is the reason" or "why". It's frequently used in everyday life.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 1 yr 328 days ago Expressions Idioms

Anonymous wrote:hi, i'm from vietnam there are lots of prasal verbs , and each phrasal verb has lots of meaning i don't know how to remember all of them can you please give me some tips? thanks a lot Ah, in my opinion, when u record phrasal verbs, you should place them in certain context,...

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Re: please, help me with my english exam

Some peole enjoy finding fault.I would take this to mean that some people enjoying pointing out the mistakes of others.Catapuls, which held off the first Roman siege of Syracuze.Did you misspell catapults? Held off ususally means something like "to fight to a stand still." or "to delay". In this...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Formlit 1 yr 352 days ago Idioms Expressions Articles
please, help me with my english exam

hi for everyone, I'm studing english for exam which i have in April. I have several questions ( or maybe more than several ) to ask and i hope you can help me understand the meanings of the words and idioms. ( I will emphasize them in blue color ). Some peole enjoy finding fault. I thought...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Angelica18 1 yr 352 days ago Idioms Expressions
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Englishuser wrote: Hi Cool Breeze, You wrote: Yes, I agree, but a native speaker's command of his language is usually superior to that of those who have not lived in total immersion. It is practically impossible to master a language if you are not in constant contact with those who speak it ...

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I would strongly advise against using Miles Davis as an arbiter on conventional English usage! I too have read his autobiography and at times the combinations of jazz phrases and idioms, combined with black American slang, makes it impossible to analyse his writing with any precision. Often he...

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