According to a famous paraphrase of a quote by James D. Nicoll, “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.” And loose vocabulary, we might add. Lexicographer and etymologist John Ayto has remarked that English is “an inveterate borrower ...
The word gross has long been a derogatory term for many English speakers. Often used in informal discourse to express distaste, the word might seem to be highly infused into popular culture. But as common as gross may be, its use is by no means a recent development. The word has been used for hundreds ...
Junior High School/High School/Adult ESL Classroom Unit: Seeing a Doctor Goal/Objective: · Students should also be able to identify the different parts of their body, and be able to identify different ailments. · They should also be able to simulate a discussion with a doctor. Assessment: · Students will be given a map of the ...
“Kyrie, it is Zeus’ anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonize the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anemia. It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic, but my diagnosis would be that politicians ...
English is full of figures of speech that mean absolutely nothing but nonsense to many English language learners. These idioms using the word “run” are no exception. Learn these idioms to help you expand your ever-growing English vocabulary. Hit and Run Examples: The police are looking for a hit-and-run suspect. The accident was a hit ...
