Pre-Listening Vocabulary defective: doesnt function normally; imperfect agreement: when the subject corresponds with the correct version of the verb panties: female underwear boxers: male underwear that is shaped like shorts wordsmith: a person who i

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 趣谈英语

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when plurals have no singular. A listener named Brent called in with this question: I have a question: how come pants, trousers, slacks, corduroys are all plurals even though there is only one of them? Guest writer

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when plurals have no singular. A listener named Brent called in with this question: I have a question: how come pants, trousers, slacks, corduroys are all plurals even though there is only one of them? Guest writer

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Rock scissors paper. [Make rock, scissors, and paper gestures with your hands.] Rock scissors paper. [Make rock, scissors, and paper gestures with your hands.] One, two, three. [Count to three with your fingers.] Play with me. [Point to your chest wi

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Beginners. The weather has finally changed from dull and freezing to warm and sunny. Everybody I meet when I go about my daily activities seems happy. Winter feels very, very long by the time we reach March. So, hurray for April! One of the greatest

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Just opposite where we live is a cherry orchard. It must be about four or five acres. In the late winter or early spring, the trees get pruned. Excess branches are cut off in order to make the trees more productive. That system works, and is understo

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