By Idioms, Prepositions

Hi,there's no rule, you have to get used to the way verbs, adjectives and idioms are used. If you use dictionaries like these...http://pewebdic2.cw.idm.fr/ http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/oald7/?cc=globalTry looking up "angry" for example, it's easy to see how it's used. They both...

OK may be you got confused with "idiomatic expression". By idiomatic Expression I meant idiomatic usage. A week before I used to think that idioms and idiomatic expression both are one and the same but thanks to CJ who explained it to me. This is what he said; An idiom is a group of words which...

Thanks CJ. Now everything is clear.GB

GB, Please note that the person who called descendant of an idiom also misspelled descendant! In comparing the combinations descendant of and descendant from, it would be correct to say that descendant of is the more idiomatic usage. This does not mean that descendant of is an idiom. ...

CalifJim wrote:Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? Neither. There is nothing about it that isn't literal, so it isn't an idiom, and there is no verb in it, so it can't be a verb-preposition combination either. CJ Can you tell me what are idioms and how do we...

CalifJim wrote:Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? Neither. There is nothing about it that isn't literal, so it isn't an idiom, and there is no verb in it, so it can't be a verb-preposition combination either.CJ Thanks, CJ, for your interpretation; now I see: Is...

Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? Neither. There is nothing about it that isn't literal, so it isn't an idiom, and there is no verb in it, so it can't be a verb-preposition combination either. CJ

Grammarian-bot wrote:Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? GBI am a descendant (noun) of (preposition) Hessian soldiers who came to the colonies to fight for the British during the American Revolution.

Grammarian-bot wrote:Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? GB We are not sure what you mean.

Is descendant of an idiom or a verb preposition combination? GB