Such announcements sound more realistic and thrilling then. They exert a stronger impact on people listening to it.
By the way, did you notice that any other information following the first one is us…
Whether you are a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident.
Jakkolwiek jesteś kanadyjskim obywatelem, czy stałym mieszkańcem (Kanady).
Details on accommodation and living expenses.
Szczegóły dotyc…
If memory serves me correctly, one of my teachers said:
If you use any words, like 'last' for instance, that define something from the past in reported speech, you don't necessarily ha…
1. One of the cheapest and safest ways of travelling in London is the bus.
2. It was everywhere that he caused trouble.
3. They looked down and saw an unbelievable sight.
4. Scientists hold many di…
> jaka jest roznica i dlaczego tak sie to stosuje , chodzi mi o " to England" i "in England" w zdaniach:
I have been to England.
I was in England last year.
There are two…
Hello Anna,
I am writing this letter to you because I would like to invite you to Poland {for} holidays. I hope that {the weather in July} will be {} fine, and we will be able to {go sightseeing a…
It all depends on the context. Cf.
We ate dinner at 7 yesterday.
Wczoraj zjedliśmy obiad o 7. (czas dokonany)
We were eating dinner at 7 yesterday.
Wczoraj jedliśmy obiad o 7. (czas niedokonany)…
Oh boy - that must have been a really strange man! Judging by the words you're saying I can tell that you are really interested in the English language. What are you (if it is all right to ask yo…
Well, I don't need to worry about my age - all people always and ever tell me something like this: 'Your're thirty? You must be kidding - you look as if you were twenty or so.'…
You're absolutely right.
As for the dictionary - it's the well-known Ox... Advanced Learner's Dictionary, published in... 1995. It says here that the verb 'wanna' is an infor…
Oh, is that so? I've got a dictionary (quite an old one) which is my favourite, and there is 'wanna' as one of the headwords. D'you WANNA know the name of the dictionary by any cha…
'to tell someone to do something' normally means 'to order, direct or advise somebody to do something'
'to tell (that)' can mean 'to make sth known' or 't…
Wizard wonders who you have been talking to. Well it is true.
'Wizard (some guy by that name, I guess) zastanawia się, z kim rozmawiałaś. No cóż, to prawda.'
The Present Perfect Continuo…
Someone might think that it is an instance of tautology, but in fact it isn't. The former literally means 'Dobrze spędziliśmy czas' whereas the latter 'Dobrze się bawiliśmy'.…
1. He was the last man to drive {the} car.
2. Hokey was invented in...... OK
3. The Winter Olympics were first held in the 1950s.
4. The window {is} broken now.
OR The window has (only) just been …
As far as I know, it is possible to say that 'somebody heard as somedody/something else did something', but the meaning is different then. Cf.
The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced dow…
...and sound common sense = untested common sense
d. already done
Don't use any contractions in any kind of tests, unless you are told to do so, please.
1. [I must have been having/taking]…
There must be a typo in the following sentence:
__When__ I know Italian well, I wouldn't like to work as an interpreter.
There should be 'knew' in place of 'know'. Hence:
_…