Handout Have you ever... (Continue with this handout on present perfect, as well as present perfect: for and since on the back.
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Expression: Passing the buck = passing on the responsibility of a problem (you probably could and should solve) to someone else.
stingy -vs- greedy:
Ka-Ching!: An interjection= the utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion;the uttering of an exclamation.
3. When was the last time you were (flat) broke?
Expressions
The people of Bhutan.
Committed suicide
At some level money can make people happy, but beyond that...
Broke = to have no money
Flat broke = to REALLY have no money.
I'm broke until payday.
I'm flat broke! I don't have two pennies to rub together.
attributes = qualities
Rich people are not always happy.
- How much money do you need to live on a month?
- What do you spend most of your money on?
- Where do you get your money from?
- Are you a spendthrift, or a penny pincher?
Wealthy people just have more expensive problems!
Money can't buy you happiness.
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A penny-pincher is a person who doesn't spend any of theirmoney.
One borrows from someone.
One lends money to someone.
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For an estimation use (about or around) not (maybe)
My house is worth around/about...
in / on/ for / from /to / toward / into / above / under / next to / with / by /until
no later than = by
If the subject is (You)until and by are both okay = up to that point in time
If the subject is (I) only (by) works.
You have until tomorrow to pay me back.
by = no later than
A bill / A note = paper money
"Their" used as a pronoun in order to avoid the sexist use of "his" and the clumsy use of "his/her"
GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE MOVEMENT
In the late 20th century, the feminist movement expressed concern regarding the use of generic he in the English language. The feminist claim was that such usage contributes to an assumption that maleness is "standard," and that femaleness is "different". They also claimed that such use is misogynistic. One response to this was an increase in the use of genericshe in academic journal articles from around this time. However, the more common response has been prescriptive, with many institutions publishing gender neutral style guides, notably in government, academia and publishing.[35] For example, The Cambridge Guide
to English Usage (2004) expresses several preferences.
"Generic/universal their provides
agender-free pronoun, avoiding the exclusive his and the clumsy
his/her."
It avoids gratuitous sexism and gives the statement broadest reference....They, them, their are now freely used in agreement with singular indefinite pronouns and determiners, those with universal implications such as any(one), every(one), no(one), as well as each and some(one), whose reference is often more individual....For those listening or reading, it has become unremarkable—an element of common usage.[
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