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Adjectives + Prepositions

December 16, 2014August 23, 2015 falibo Leave a comment Grammar
English Grammar

Similar to certain verbs and nouns, many adjectives are typically followed by a particular preposition. The advertisement below contains a number of common “adjectives + prepositions” pairs: Are you bored with your job and eager for a change? I’m disappointed with my career. I’m interested in learning new languages. I’m worried about what the future […]

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Compound nouns : Hyphen Hysterics

December 20, 2012October 16, 2015 falibo Leave a comment Grammar
Hyphen Hysterics

What do these words have in common? Well, they’re all compound nouns : two words that join together to form another word. There are many of these in English. In some cases, the two words join together to form one word (tooth + paste = toothpaste); in other cases, they are joined by a hyphen […]

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