enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. List of catchphrases in American and British mass media

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_catchphrases_in...

   These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

3. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language...

   A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

4. English phrasal verbs - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phrasal_verbs

   Kids grow up so fast these days b. You shouldn't give in so easily. In these examples, the common verbs grow and give are complemented by the particles up and in. The resulting two-word verbs are single semantic units, so grow up and give in are listed as discrete entries in modern dictionaries. These verbs can be transitive or intransitive.

5. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_idioms

   An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

6. English grammar - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_grammar

   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

7. Adpositional phrase - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adpositional_phrase

   The underlined phrases in the following sentences are examples of prepositional phrases in English. The prepositions are in bold: a. She walked to his desk. b. Ryan could see her in the room. c. David walked on top of the building. d. They walked up the stairs. e. Philip ate in the kitchen. f. Charlotte walked inside the house. g. As a student ...

8. Mad Gab - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gab

   Mad Gab is a board game involving words. At least two teams of 2–12 players have two minutes to sound out three puzzles. The puzzles are known as mondegreens and contain small words that, when put together, make a word or phrase. For example, "These If Hill Wore" when pronounced quickly sounds like "The Civil War". There are two levels, easy ...

9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_misused...

   See List of English words with disputed usage for words that are used in ways that are deprecated by some usage writers but are condoned by some dictionaries. There may be regional variations in grammar , orthography , and word-use , especially between different English-speaking countries.