WHEN we were children and just beginning to learn English grammar, many of us were taken aback by the strange failure of some verbs to work in certain sentence constructions. For instance, perhaps ...

Now, an important thing to notice is that many verbs in English can be used as either transitive or intransitive. Jiaying 没错，英语中有很多动词既可以作及物动词，也可以作不及物动词。 来听两个例句，例句中都使用了动词 “drink”。 Examples I drink ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

From Earl’s Court to Eyjafjallajökull ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Time to capsize the mailbag, check the leftovers before the year checks out. Random notes like the lay-lie muddle, via Gillian Appleton: ...

Time to capsize the mailbag, check the leftovers before the year checks out. Random notes like the lay-lie muddle, via Gillian Appleton: “I downloaded a relaxation app but had to delete it as the ...