Posted by englishlessons on March 31, 2006
Prepositions are followed by gerunds, not infinitives or the base form of the verb.
Examples: Thank you for responding so promptly. After looking over his application, the manger decided to hire him.
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Posted by englishlessons on March 13, 2006
Definition: Act out in an angry way, especially in an outburst of violence
Examples:
I got a really negative reaction. He went postal in the meeting.
Did you read the newspaper? Some guy went postal and shot his co-workers.
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Using idioms in conversation demonstrates mastery of a foreign language. Idioms in English shows you how to use stress in sentences in order to pronounce an idiom in a sentence like a native speaker.
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Posted by englishlessons on March 2, 2006
The stress usually falls on the second part of a phrasal verb.
Examples: sit DOWN, stand UP, pass OUT
This tip is taken from Pronunciation in English.
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