Every member of Pleasure of English Crew wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2013!
... but... really different? In the present post I want to tell you three stories which will maybe change a little your perception of English... forever. Perhaps used gazillions of times per day by an average user of English, words such as "hello" and "OK" are probably the most frequent ones in the English language whatsoever. Have we ever thought for a while about where these words come from? If no, we`ve deprived ourselves of knowing immensely interesting stories of these words; their ups and downs and other linguistic adventures throughout centuries. Let`s then learn something about them now!
We`ve already had two posts in the realm of psychology, both penned by Raszka. I thought that it would be a nice idea to shed some more light on motivation as a mental process. Those who got interested in what these posts were devoted to can possibly find some more interesting information in the present one. Enjoy!
Hello everyone,
It goes without saying that English has a variety of lexical forms which are undoubtedly worth discussing on this blog. Moreover, they look and sound amusing which makes them easier to learn for people interested in extending their vocabulary. These forms are called REDUPLICATIVES. They are words created by reduplicating (doubling) a single lexical form to form a new one, e.g. bye-bye. Sometimes reduplication involves a change of one vowel (e.g. chit-chat). The third type of reduplicatives is formed by putting rhyming words together, as in helter-skelter. In my article I am inviting you to the journey through the world of reduplicatives! I will describe selected, more interesting and useful examples of such words and give their Polish equivalents.
If + past simple, would/wouldn’t
+ infinitive
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