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• 29 January 2010

  BESIDE vs BESIDES

  BESIDE means next to:

  France is beside Germany

  Our summer house is beside the sea 

  BESIDES means apart from:

  Besides coffee and croissants, we also have cornflakes for breakfast

  There are three more people in the group besides me

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 22:40h 0 comment

  tags: beside,besides

• 29 January 2010

  GONE TO vs BEEN TO

  He has GONE TO Rome means that:

  He is on his way to Rome

  or that:

  He is already in Rome

   

  He has BEEN TO Rome means that:

  He went to Rome at some time in the past but he came back

   

   

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 22:28h 0 comment

  tags: been to,gone to

• 29 January 2010

  ENOUGH

  The word ENOUGH goes before a noun:

  ENOUGH bread, ENOUGH money, ENOUGH time

  But it goes after an adjective:

  good ENOUGH, wide ENOUGH, fast ENOUGH   

  Sometimes it can go alone:

  Ok, folks, that's enough for today   

   

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  sent by Tom Red at 22:23h 0 comment

  tags: enough

• 27 January 2010

  GET UP and RISE

  These verbs mean exactly the same.

  I GET UP in the morning is the same as I RISE in the morning.

  They mean that you get out of bed - to go to work usually 

  But I think it's much better to go to bed, don't you, reader? 

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 22:46h 1 comment

  tags: get up,rise

• 20 January 2010

  EVERY OTHER WEEK

  EVERY OTHER WEEK means:

  ONE WEEK YES but the NEXT WEEK NO!

   

  Mary goes to London every other week

  You can also say EVERY SECOND WEEK

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 22:38h 0 comment

  tags: every other week