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  • 09 Marzo 2010

    BE THINKING OF vs THINK OF

    If you ARE THINKING OF doING something, an idea about a possible future action is forming in your mind, for ex.

     

    I AM THINKING OF goING to Italy for my holidays next year.

     

    Maybe you will go, maybe you won't, but for the moment the idea is forming in your head.

     

    THINK OF is normally used in a question meaning "what is your opinion of?"

     

    What do you THINK OF the new government?

    What do you think of my new jacket?  

     

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    enviado por Dermot McGrath a las 23:15h comentarios0 comentario
    etiquetasetiquetas: be thinking of,think of
  • 08 Marzo 2010

    I PAID THE BEER

    Don't say:

    I paid the beer. It's incorrect.

    You pay FOR an object/item/article or FOR a service in general.

    But when you refer to the person to whom you give the money you mustn't put FOR.

    Look: I paid the waiter FOR the beers

       

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    enviado por Dermot McGrath a las 23:23h comentarios1 comentario
    etiquetasetiquetas: pay,pay for
  • 07 Marzo 2010

    A PUB

    is an abbreviation of the expression PUBLIC HOUSE.

    A PUBLIC HOUSE is a premises (an establishment, a place) into which anybody can enter and consume alcohol.

    Of course they have to pay, it's a business. The most famous pub in the world is Murphys' Pub in Salou, Spain.

    So a public house is a .... a PUB!!

    Seeya,

    Tom 

     

     

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    etiquetasetiquetas: pub,public house
  • 26 Febrero 2010

    ENROL

    Don't say:

    I matriculated at a language school

     

    Say:

    I ENROLED at a language school

     

    To matriculate means the same as to enrol but nobody uses it except the Pope and maybe a few cardinales

     

    Seeya soon

    Tom

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    enviado por Tom Red a las 18:56h comentarios0 comentario
    etiquetasetiquetas: enrol
  • 24 Febrero 2010

    FAIL, SUSPEND

    Don't say:

    I suspended my exam

     

    Say:

    I FAILED my exam  

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    enviado por Tom Red a las 18:48h comentarios0 comentario
    etiquetasetiquetas: fail,suspend,fail an exam