Thanks for replying but I don't think I've asked the question clearly, partly due to my lack vocabulary. It's actually a word I'm looking for. For example, " I'm sorry but I don't expect you to understand as this is

Personally I find a very useful method to be to get learners to watch English-language films, news reports, or even YouTube short-form video; get them to jot down words or expressions (more often than not colloquialisms) that they don't

Hi, everyone. Today when I was reading an article on anti-plagiarism software, I came across the structure of "a ... amount of + the plural form of a countable noun". The whole paragraph in which the structure appears goes as follows:

If you are speaking Colloquial, Idiomatic American English you will NEVER say, "Put your money IN where your mouth is." the colloquialism is "Put your money where your mouth is," or "Put up or shut up," "ante up

With tongue firmly in cheek, here are some rules to keep in mind when using the Queen's English: 1. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. And don't start a sentence with a

"I better" has worked its way into today's growing variety of colloquialisms - "I'd better" which, by extension, is "I had better" is, ahem, better English, but both are valid simply because both are

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Hope somebody can help me. What means: 'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me Don't let me out of your sight' What means 'little ol' me'? Come from germany, so that' why. Thanks for your help. "Little old

Donna Richoux redled: If you must have a parallel to "I could care ... mild sarcasm? (Or, from a missing "like" or "as if.") Donna, are you claiming that there are people who say "I could give a damn" when they

Someone not long ago claimed that we should use 'ask FOR directions' rather than 'ask directions'. What do you think? "Ask for directions" is ordinary proper English. "Ask directions" is a fairly common