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Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English, I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will help me...

1 I don't really know when you put it that way, but you can say "There's a world of difference between what politicians say and what they do". 2 It's the date that the (perishable) product should be sold by and still be fairly edible for a reasonable length of time after you buy it. ...

Hi Hela, 1) How could I finish this sentence? “What politicians say and what they do …are two different things (this is a very comon and natural expression here, but it isn't idiomatic) Is there an idiomatic expression for this special case ? It reminds me of an Italian proverb which says “Fra...

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I'm somewhat confused about the difference between these two constructions. I can't get when I should use a gerund and when an infinitive. I believe it's very easy for a native speaker to tell the difference if it exists, of course I'd also want to learn the British equivalent to the phrasal...

'Calm down' is a phrasal verb. 'We calmed the horse down with a sedative.' (You remember the difference between phrasal verbs and prepostional verbs, don't you, Hanuman?)

Pronouns (e.g., personal 'him', etc.) are not compatible in that environment. Allow me to explain using an alternative example: A. Hang the phone up. B. Hang it up. In A. and B. the (pro)noun sits next to the verb. That is, it is in close proximity to the head of the phrase it's housed...

Hi Mister Micawber, Jim, everybody. I'd like to know the difference between call itself and its other derivatives such as call on, call in, call out and every phrasal verbs having the word call. Thank you.

I was going to open a new thread about phrasal verbs but then I saw this one and I thought that I could post my question here. I hope you'll be able to answer my question as well, here it is: How can you tell the difference between phrasal and prepositional verbs? I know that phrasal verbs can...

Can anyone tell me the difference between cut down and cut down on? I have written a few exmaples below so that you can understand what I mean: -She has cut down the article to 1,000 words. -How can you cut down the risk of cancer? -These improvements will cut down on traffic noise. When should...