Correct english part 13 pps
Correct english part 13 pps
... iambic
METRE.
might See
MAY OR MIGHT?.
might of This is an incorrect construction.
See
COULD OF.
MIGHT OF
117
marihuana/marijuana Both spellings are correct.
marriage
marvel marvelled, marvelling
marvellous
masterful ... OR LIE?.
LYING
113
TEAMFLY
Team-Fly
®
N
naive/naı
¨
ve Both...
Slang and uncoventional english part 13 pps
... in a car or truck, exhaust gases and carbon particles
that enter the crankcase instead of being diverted into the exhaust
system. So named because the particles and gases ‘blow by’ the
piston rings ... mean a ‘male chauvinist’
UK, 1829. 2 aboyfriend
AUSTRALIA, 1908. 3 a homosexual man’s boyfriend or partner.
Originally recorded as a navy usage UK, 1937. 4 a male animal
AUSTRALIA, 1982. 5 a pe...
Correct english part 2 pps
... do?
(verb = recommend)
adviser or advisor? Adviser is the traditionally correct British
spelling. Advisor is more common in
American English.
advisory (not -ery)
aerial Use the same spelling for the ... by then).
all right or alright? Traditional usage would consider ALL
RIGHT to be correct and ALRIGHT to be
incorrect. However, the use of ‘alright’ is so
widespread that some would see i...
Correct english part 18 pps
... are correct.
skein See
EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
skilful
skilfully skilful + ly
slain (exception to -y rule)
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iii).
slander See LIBEL OR SLANDER?.
slily/slyly Both spellings are correct ... See
SLILY/SLYLY.
slyness
smelled/smelt Both spellings are correct.
sniping or snipping? snipe + ing = sniping
snip + ing = snipping
sobriquet/soubriquet Both spellings are correct.
so...
Tài liệu Teaching and learning english part 13 ppt
... Andrew
Sheehan,
Ma kings ens eof words. English Teaching Forum. Vol 42.
Mercer, Sarah. 2006. Vocabulary strategy work for advanced learners of English.
English Teaching Forum, Vol. 43. 2.
88
unknown ... 30 participants.
Since the participants are taken randomly, the researcher assume that amount of subjects
are representative enough. I select this level since I consider they already...
Slang and uncoventional english part 3 ppsx
... AND
UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH
Some notes on the challenges of lexicography, drawn entirely from the writings
of Eric Partridge (1894–1979)
Partridge wrote widely on matters concerning the English
language. ... a
simplified language that, like Beach-la-Mar and
Pidgin -English, represents a distortion of ( say)
English by coloured peoples speaking English indeed
but adapting it to their ow...
Slang and uncoventional english part 15 pps
... usage, delightfully defined
in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: ‘The sitting part of a
man, the posteriors, the seat’ UK, 1699. 2 the submissive partner in
a homosexual or sado-masochistic ... realise; to see and understand UK,
1970. 3 to assume something UK, 1999. 4 to depart, usually hurriedly
US, 1974. < book a party of two to arrange for oral sex to be
performed on two mal...
Slang and uncoventional english part 21 ppsx
... swimmer noun a heroin user. Punning on ‘channel’ as ‘a
vein’
US, 1959
chant verb to sing UK, About 138 6
chantoosie noun in Montreal, a female nightclub singer. The word is
adapted from French chanteuse ... juvenile
offender or detention centre inmate who is top of the pecking
order UK, 1978
chapel adjective being part of a chapel’s congregation UK, 1946
chapel hat pegs noun used for compa...
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