mercredi 15 juillet 2015

to cope with

to deal successfully with or handle a situation; manage:
she coped well with the problem 

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cope+with

vendredi 10 juillet 2015

It is I who am right


Source:
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/it-is-i-me-who-determine-s-how-they-treat-me.494242/
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/155988-is-the-form-it-s-me-who-am-right-wrong-or-right
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/154523-WHO

jeudi 9 juillet 2015

Citation

Expressing opinion
To argue, allege, assert, assess, be convinced, believe, consider, feel, hold, judge, maintain, opine, suggest, think + that/as
To criticise
Assertion, assessment, belief, conviction, judgment, opinion, position, suggestion, view
To hold opinion
is of the opinion that
according to
as far as … is concerned

Expressing facts
Confirm, demonstrate, establish, identify, indicate, make clear, note, observe, point out, prove, show.

Neutral
Conclude, emphasise, mention, say, state, stress and write.

Source: https://guinlist.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/107-the-language-of-opinions/

mardi 7 juillet 2015

whose

“Whose” can refer to an inanimate object.
  a word whose meaning escapes me

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whose

lundi 6 juillet 2015

jeudi 2 juillet 2015

Dormant

1. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.

2. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance:
The project is dormant for the time being.
lay largely dormant until the 1980s
3. Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation ofgrowth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of anorganism's normal annual rhythm.

4. undisclosed; unasserted:
dormant musical talent.

5. (of a volcano) not erupting.



http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dormant

To be done

Subjet-verb agreement: both, majority,...

M-dash and N-dash

Gerund and infinitive: allow

Connectors: therefore, thus,... allow, lead, result,... impact, affect...however, nevertherless,

Hyphen: long-term contract

Plural or singular: content

Hyphen