10 Phrasal Verbs That Are Useful for Business
Communicating with native English speakers in a business setting means you’ll hear phrasal verbs at least once, if not several times, during a conversation. Phrasal verbs can make the conversation confusing and difficult to follow for non-native English speakers. As defined in the Grammarly handbook, phrasal verbs are verbs used with another word (an adverb or preposition) to create a commonly used phrase. Phrasal verbs are idiomatic — you can’t deduce the meaning of a phrasal verb by interpreting each of the words it contains literally. For example, if you say, “I’ll look into the mirror,” you are going to direct your sight to a mirror.
Learner's Dictionary
Too and as well both can be used to mean also. They are almost exactly synonymous: We are selling the house and the furniture too/as well. He saw something, and she saw it too/as well. I bought one too/as well. He is loyal, and brave too/as well.
‘Not a Soul Taking Control’: How a Storm in the New York Area Upended the Night
On Friday morning, the snow from an early winter storm started to melt, and people in and around New York City wanted answers from their government officials. But on Thursday night, they were just trying to get home. The region was crippled by snow and ice, with the effects ranging from felled tree branches in city neighborhoods to children trapped on school buses for hours. In New Jersey, one person died after an accident involving a train and a car, said Gov. Philip D.
If I were / If I was
Take a look at the two following sentences. Why do we use were in the first sentence and was in the second. If I were rich, I would buy you a car. If she was feeling sick, it's good that she went home.
TeachersFirst: ESL Levels
ESL Levels TeachersFirst provides these descriptions of ESL levels to help you think about what your student may be capable of doing in your class. These will also help in dialog with other teachers who work with this student. If you have an ESL/ELL specialist available for consultation, you may want to talk to him/her about where your students fit in this continuum. Click a level to learn more:
Somebody, Someone, Anybody, Anyone etc.
There is no real difference between somebody and someone. Similarly, there is no difference between anybody and anyone, everybody and everyone or nobody and no one. Note that the forms with body are a little more informal. There is somebody at the door. (= There is someone at the door.)
English levels CEFR description- A1,A2,B1,B2,C1,C2
English test C1 (Advanced English) Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
Where Do I Use Commas?
Page 1 of 3 Last week Dale Seiler on Twitter sent me a screenshot of a Garmin ad that had a strange and unnecessary comma in the middle of the tagline. It reads “Today’s record, is tomorrow’s motivation,” and that comma violates one of the hard-and-fast comma rules: never put a comma between a subject and its verb
10 songs you didn't know were inspired by literature
Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush is inspired by Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Perhaps the most famous song with literary references, Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights relays the tale of Emily Bronte’s gothic novel of the same name. Told through the point of view of Catherine during a ghostly visit to her old house, she calls to her lover, Heathcliff, to let her in through the window. Kate Bush’s operatic voice and quirky dancing conveys the eerie spirit of the scene from chapter three of Wuthering Heights when she is seen by the new tenant, Mr Lockwood. Fun fact: Kate Bush and Emily Bronte share the same birthday. We Are the Dead by David Bowie is inspired by 1984 by George Orwell
