Abbreviating Britain
Check out today’s Teatime Titbits: Abbreviating Britain. Following my post yesterday about new English words I came across during my recent stay in the UK, I thought a look into British abbreviations, would also good…
Confusing words
‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Tuesday Tiny Titbit: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Somehow this spelling tip has always stayed with me from school and is a titbit (there’s that word again) that I’m…
That blasted ‘by’
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: That blasted ‘by’ – back to basics. The word ‘bei’ in German is well-used but often difficult to put into English because the English cousin ‘by’ is often a false…
OUT
Check out today’s Teatime Titbit: Tuesday Teaser – OUT The prefix ‘OUT’ is a clever bit of grammar, you stick it the front of a verb and viola you get the added meaning of ‘more,…
Getting to grips with ‘get‘ 2.
Getting to grips with ‘get‘ 2. If you were to take the time to read and digest (etw (geistig) verarbeiten)) the ‘to get’ definition on the Oxford Advanced English Dictionary http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com website, you would probably…