Hi, There are a lot of expressions like that. Some are more common than others, and how strong they sound depends on how "upsetting" the words you choose are. Here are some examples: God! Gosh! Oh my God! Oh my gosh! Oh my Goodness!

Hi Petra, Gleb has given an excellent answer to your question, but i think maybe it would be simpler to tell your students to use may only when they are asking permission--Mother, may i go to the dance tomorrow? The words could and might should

1At no time/I ever( believed)/Mrs.Stevens(take) money. If I say:I have never believed that Mrs.Stevens would take the money,is it correct? OK 2 Rarely/I (meet) such/ interesting individual. If I say: I rarely met such interesting individual,is it

The first slip into "lower class English" is the omission of the "v" sound in "of": couple o' ( cup pul uh). But by the time you leave out the whole word "of", you've sunk to the bottom. No

This is my take: "A couple" can mean: Two persons considered as joined together, as a married or engaged pair, lovers, or dance partners: They make a handsome couple. Any two persons considered together. "A

Hi, You're welcome. Are you in Buenos Aires? Clive

I, for one, haven't thought much about this. It is kind of a redundant expression. It emphasizes the fact that the opinon is mine. Maybe no one else agrees, but I don't care.

Why do we use the expression 'for one' as in "I, for one, would prefer to postpone the meeting." What does it mean ?

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I cannot understand the expression "the intended reading" you used in your explanation. There are many times when a sentence means two or more things. It depends on how you interpret the meanings of the words. Sometimes, in order to