By Expressions, Dates

A lot of idioms just don't make sense, I agree. :( You just have to learn them! But here's something that may help you. Think of a big twelve-month calendar placed flat on a table. The calendar covers the whole table. Imagine a little fence around each month. So each month forms a little...

Very interseting subject! Here read more... If you were to spell out numbers, you would you have to go until 1,000 until you would find the letter "A". The expression, "tying the knot" dates to Roman times, when the bride wore a girdle that was tied in knots - which the groom then had the fun of...

This is a composition from a book. My teacher said this was a very badly written composition. Hope to get some comments. Thank You. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young People are slaves to fashion. Discuss. It is true that young people are quick to follow anything around the...

Hello, Bubr Many of the words that sound "odd" in English come from other languages. "Radius" comes from Latin, "phenomenon" comes from Greek. Sometimes, specially in the technical language of science, such words have not been thouroughly "naturalised" and they keep their foreign plural...

Oh no, I meant no irony, really! Actually, I trust Webster's dictionaries and I have an old edition of their "Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary" which I use very often. What I meant was that not every colloquial, or very infirmal, expression will always be found in a dictionary. Probably not...

Maybe ‘up’ is informal. This is an idiomatic expression that doesn’t make much literal sense. I think the sentence means something like Always be a candidate for surprises Or Don’t be shy or you’ll miss out on happy surprises

Thanks very much for taking the time to post this FAQ! I am new to this forum and looking for information on the use of the en dash and em dash. I am a graphic designer and web designer. I am currently taking a course in which the instructor provided the following information about these...

Two good Dutch expressions like this are "erg goed" (awfully good) and "zeer goed" (sorely good, which means 'really quite excellent'). As to what I think of the phenomenon, I think it might have begun as a device to ward off the jinx involved in calling something really good. Tell any...

Hello konstantin, There is a subtle difference in meaning between those sentences. 1. "only" and "I have 10 dollars." 1) I only have 10 dollars. Suppose you have neither food nor drinks, and alll you have is 10 dollars in your pocket. Sad to say, but "I only have 10 dollars." would turn out...

Re: What is Morality? "Now here's a straightforward question. What is morality? Is it a personal code of conduct? Is it in some sense absolute? I would be very interested in understanding where the various participants in this forum are coming from on this one, as I hope it will help me to...