Enough as an adverb
April 3rd, 2011 in Words
Adjective/adverb + enough
Enough is an adverb. It normally comes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.
April 3rd, 2011 in Words
Adjective/adverb + enough
Enough is an adverb. It normally comes after the adjective or adverb it modifies.
March 30th, 2011 in Words
As a conjunction before means ‘previously to the time when’. The conjunction before joins two clauses together. Note that before and its clause can come either before or after the other clause.
March 25th, 2011 in Words
Between is used to say that somebody or something is between two or more clearly separate people or things. We use among when somebody or something is in a group of people or things which we do not see separately.
March 21st, 2011 in Words
In British English, around is used to talk about position or movement in a circle or a curve.
March 20th, 2011 in Words
In British English, the verbs awake and wake are irregular. In American English, these verbs can be regular.
Awake/awoke/awoken (US/GB)
Awake/awaked/awaked (US)
Wake/woke/woken (US/GB)
Wake/waked/waked (US)
The verb awaken is regular.
February 28th, 2011 in Words
Ago is followed by an expression of time.
The train went out ten minutes ago.
I met her two weeks ago.
Tenses with ago
January 27th, 2011 in Words
Worth can be followed by a noun phrase which describes the value of something.