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I think the difference in meaning that they're highlighting relates to the words "immediately following", which means "immediately following in time, starting now". Here are a few points relating to this usage that immediately come to mind. I don't claim that this...

" Pull your leg " is an idiom. I've never heard anyone say " pull your legs " and it sounds clearly wrong to me.

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Here are a couple more comments. He performed many charities. I think perhaps you mean He performed many charitable acts . She loves to pull your legs. The idiom is to pull someone's leg (singular, not plural.) As with many idioms, it sounds rather funny to...

Milky wrote: That is because you, though claiming your thoughts on the matter of English and easiness are subjective, seem to want us all to agree with you. Your posts on the matter, before you began backpedaling, seemed insistent that you were right, on a gemeral level, about English. I would...

Sorry, I changed the category of the question to Voc. and idioms Read the following and choose the number of word which is not proper in context. (originally it has diagram, but I couldn't post picture last time. I'll try to post again. but even if I fail, please try the following and...

Thanks, Clive. I've just been thinking about why PIN Number is more used than, for example, PC Computer , or LCD Displays... Hm... No, people actually say LCD displays! Just discovered another one sample. In case of PIN, the word itself has other meanings, used as a noun or as well as a verb. So...

It's to help me find the number of hits for an idiom, or a use for nouns, verbs, etc... I know I have to click on "advanced search" but after that... that's my question!

"a / an" does seem a bit strange with 90,000, doesn't it? There is no such thing as "a 90,000" or "a gangsters", of course! What you have come across is an idiom usually used with large numbers. The words "an estimated" are frequently used before a very large number or percentage to show...