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Posted in: QuestionsSaturday, January 8, 2011
Questions
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Posted in: Questions[Tip] Any one vs Anyone
* Any one means any single person or thing out of a group of people or things.
* Anyone is a pronoun. It's always written as one word. It means any person.
Examples:
You can take any one of the books on this shelf.
Any one of those cakes will surely be delicious.
Has anyone seen my wallet?
You can pick anyone to be in your team.
For further explanation and practice, click here.
Posted in: Tip of the day[Idiom] To have two left feet
If someone has two left feet, it meas they are clumsy or awkward in their movements.
e.g. "When we danced together I discovered she had two left feet."
Posted in: Idioms
Monday, January 3, 2011
[Tip] Apart vs. A part
*Apart is an adverb that means Separated or at a distance in place or position or time; not taken into account or excluded from consideration; away from another or others; into parts or pieces.
* "A part" means something that forms the whole of something; something determined in relation to something that includes it.
Examples:
These towns are many miles apart.
These problems apart, the country is doing well.
They grew apart over the years.
people can't tell the twins apart.
I want to be a part of your team.
She wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself.
They made me feel like I was a part of the family.
Posted in: Tip of the day[Proverb] Ways to happiness
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
Posted in: Proverbs
