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Few vs. Little
I have a new chart for you. The difference between FEW, A FEW, LITTLE and A LITTLE in English. (These are known grammatically as quantifiers) There are more notes at the bottom of this page: Much, Many, Lot, Few, Little which includes more example sentences. Once you...
Throw in the towel – idiom
To throw in the towel = to quit; to give up; to concede defeat The origin of this idiom comes from boxing. When a boxer is being hit too much, is losing the fight and has great difficultly to continue, then sometimes his coach (or trainer) will throw a towel (or a...
Seagulls steal food
As I mentioned on social media, I spent two months back in my home country of New Zealand. (If you don't already follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you really should because I publish things multiple times a week) Not only did I have a good time catching up with...
Was / Were – To Be in Past Tense
We have a new chart for you: Was and Were - To Be in the past tense We also have this chart about using Was and Were in short answers. You can see more example sentences using Was and Were here: To Be in Past Tense Was / Were Games Try our interactive games to...
So, Too, Neither, Either
I have just created two new charts. The first chart shows the structure of So + Auxiliary + Subject. This is used to show agreement (and how you or someone else is similar) with a positive statement that the first person said. The second chart shows the structure of...
The Catfish Joke
Vocabulary Catfish – (noun) a species of fish. To fish – (verb) to try and catch/hunt for fish, usually with a fishing rod. Rod – (noun) the pole/stick that has a (nylon) line and hook to catch fish. Rod is a short way of saying fishing rod. The joke Fisherman A:...
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