Topics: U.S. Census, Driving While Texting, as well as versus as long as, change versus alter versus modify versus transform Words: census household questionnaire gender privacy Driving While Texting (DWT) Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) drunk crackd...
Today's topics: Feeling under the weather, Common abbreviations, Using initials, Now vs. right now Words: To catch a cold e.g. = for example i.e. = that is etc. = et cetera RSVP = please respond/reply FYI = for your information ASAP = as soon as poss...
1. As for I'd love to go to college, but who's going to pay my tuition? As for your tuition, I'll pay it. What did your boss think of the new management plan? He was thrilled. As for me, I thought it was nothing....
2. As far as I'm concerned... As far as I'm concerned Beijing is much better than Guangzhou. I guess you are right if you don't mind eating jiaozi at Beijing Duck everyday. What's your opinion of the woman we interviewed? As far as I'm concerned, she...
5. As if though... He looks as if he were younger than his younger brother. Does your new boss have a lot of energy? He works as though he never knew fatigue. I can't keep up with him....
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is like versus as. Now the very attentive listeners will notice a difference between that ad and what I said last week, and that difference is the reason today's topic is like versus as. This week, I said, I just ente...
A: Hi! We are the Christiansons! We are here to see the apartment. B: Oh, hi! Sure, come on in! Well, as you can see, the place has just been renovated. The previous tenants left a huge mess here, so the landlord has redone everything. A: It looks gr...
1. The Democratic-controlled Congress has approved health care legislation that will extend benefits to tens of millions of Americans who currently don't have it. The vote in the House was 219 to 212, with all Republicans voting against the bill. It...
1. The gunman who wounded two police officers at the subway entrance to the Pentagon has died. Officers say as the suspect approached police, he pulled a weapon from his pocket and started firing. He's been identified as John Patrick Bedell. The offi...
Liz was excited. She was going to Asia with her mom. Neither of them had ever traveled out of the United States before. They were going to fly to Hong Kong. After staying in Hong Kong for three nights, they would travel on their cruise ship to Shangh...