What I mean was that instead of trying to imitate other ppl's colloquial expressions, why not create comprehensible phrases or terms yourself? Just because you hear other people saw 'good evening' or 'good night' doesn't

I don't think so. "Good idea" can often refer to something which just pops into our heads, like an inspiration. "Good thinking!" logically suggests that the cognitive process might have been used. That is, we reason things

Hello teachers, well, could you give us some more examples on colloquialism, language street? I mean, things that are said on everyday informal conversation. This is not about slangs or idioms, this is about the act of modifying sentence's

Thank you so mush. I've found such synonyms for "daydreaming" as "to be lost in reveries" and "to have one's mind wandering". Generally I use Google to make sure if a certain expression exists in English, for the word-for-word translation of

Anonymous wrote: Hello,I'm Andrea...I'm from Peru and I need some help to present a Research Project about slang...You're a native english speaker,aren't you?...If you are,tell me : do you think that a person who is learning english as a foreign

Hi, Here are a few comments. Slang I nformal speech, often used in a special context or by a special group, eg informal speech by computer progarmmers. Phrase This is just a grammar term, meaning a few connected words, but not in the form

what's the diiference between Slang、Phrase、Idiom、Stree Talk、Colloquialism?

And yeah. It's kind of silly to ask whether something is a good stylistic effect, because, well, pretty much anything can be stylistically useful if you know how to use it. The problem comes when these things are used poorly. For that reason,