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Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in
Flags are now seen every day, but they were once only used in battles. No one knows for sure where flags came from. However, it seems that China and the Roman Empire were the first ones to use them to identify their armies. The earliest flags were ac
by Mignon Fogarty You may have heard there's a rule that you shouldn't split infinitives, but I'm here to tell you it's not a real rule, and the idea itself is based on a shaky foundation. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by GoToMeet
You probable have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general levels of usage a fomal level and an informal level. English is no exception. T
Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in
Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these wor
The government should offer internet access to all of citizens at no cost. 波波点睛: 题目大意:政府应该为民众免费提供互联网服务。此题较为简单,思路也有很多。波波建议选择不同意,即认为政府不应该
Your smarts will come in handy because you will travel in a land of marvels. We humans, plodding as we are, will astonish ourselves. We'll invent ways to generate clean energy and a lot of it. Atom by atom, we'll assemble small machines that will ent
Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is whether the phrase have got is good English or not. And now, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga answers an e-mail from a listener, Lee, who says, A pet peeve of mine is the frequent use of the have got phrase, such as I hav
Today's topic is further versus farther. Almost every week someone asks me to explain the difference between further and farther. Three years ago when I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show, a production assistant grabbed me backstage while my head was stil
Grammar Girl here. We've received several requests to address Latin plurals, so today we're going to tackle a tricky one. A listener called with this request: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Adam from Peoria. I was wondering if you could go over the usage
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Google, the Internet search leader, will now offer a free operating system for personal computers. The company hopes to loosen Microsoft's hold on the market. Microsoft Windows is on more than ninety
Everyday Grammar: Put Prepositions in Their Place 每日语法:把介词放到该放的位置 English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56 prepositions with two or mor
Isthma: Hey, Sunny, I would like to ask a few questions about marriage in Korea. The first question is, at what age do they usually get married? Sunny: I think the average age for Koreans to marry is about 27 to 28 for girls, and then 30 to 31 for gu
Doctors in Ghana say they are noticing a very disturbing trend of more and more pregnant women getting addicted to hard drugs like cocaine. But they say health practitioners lack knowledge or even basic statistics to help tackle the problem. VOA's N
今天我们要学的词是accelerating。Accelerating, 形容词,意思是加速的。三名美国科学家今年被授予诺贝尔物理学奖,他们发现 The universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, 宇宙正在以加速度膨胀。 The
Your smarts will come in handy because you will travel in a land of marvels. 你们的聪明才智必定会派上用场,因为你们将在一片充满奇迹的土地上行进。 We humans - plodding as we are - will astonish ourselves. 我们人类,
Todd: So, Alex, you're in university. Alex: Yeah Todd: So, um what kind of foods do you eat? Alex: Well, since I go to college, I don't have a lot of money, so usually I go with the very inexpensive ramen, you know, breads, eggs. My favorite thing th