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  • 13 April 2010

    AT THE THEATRE and IN THE THEATRE

    If you are AT the theatre you are watching a play or some other performance.

     If you are IN the theatre you are there for a different reason,perhaps you are working as a clearner or an electrician. Or maybe you are the manager!!

     

    When we participate in the reason that a building, intstitution or establishment was created we usually say AT,

    e.g AT home, AT the cinema

    But if we want to indicate position only we say IN:

    John is the house, the workers are IN the cinema 

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  • 04 April 2010

    FOOD vs MEAL

    FOOD generally refers to any nourishment in solid form.

    Rice, meat and fish are foods.

     

    A MEAL refers to any of the  customary occasions when we sit at a table, often with the family, and consume a certain amount of food, e.g. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

     

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  • 16 March 2010

    SIGN vs NOTICE

    A NOTICE is a written communication in a public place:

    There is a NOTICE on the wall which says No Smoking

     

    A SIGN is often a written indication of something, e.g. the name of a business:

    MURPHY'S PUB

     

    A notice is often only temporary:

    The baker put a notice in the window looking for staff

     

    But a sign is usually permanent:

    MANCHESTER 45 MILES

     

     

       

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  • 12 March 2010

    HOW FAR vs HOW LONG

    HOW FAR? means WHAT DISTANCE AWAY?

    HOW FAR is it from Liverpool to London?

     

    HOW LONG has two meanings:

    1. HOW LONG is the street? (length)

    2 miles

    and

    2. HOW LONG is the football match (time)

    an hour and a half

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  • 09 March 2010

    BE THINKING OF vs THINK OF

    If you ARE THINKING OF doING something, an idea about a possible future action is forming in your mind, for ex.

     

    I AM THINKING OF goING to Italy for my holidays next year.

     

    Maybe you will go, maybe you won't, but for the moment the idea is forming in your head.

     

    THINK OF is normally used in a question meaning "what is your opinion of?"

     

    What do you THINK OF the new government?

    What do you think of my new jacket?  

     

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