It is that time of the year again in which we start wearing our coats and rain proof clothes in the northern hemisphere. But what is autumn all about?
Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, when days start to get shorter and tree leaves start to fall. Here are some interesting facts about autumn:
2001 = two thousand and one
2009 = two thousand and nine
Large numbers
Divide the number into units of hundreds and thousands:
400,000 = four hundred thousand (no s plural)
If the number includes a smaller number, use "and" in British English:
7 Worst Foods You Should Never Eat For Breakfast
You know that eating breakfast is important. But did you realize that some a.m. choices can set the tone for how you feel the rest of your day. Not only that, but eating a healthy breakfast every morning can reduce the risk for diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Here you will get the scoop on which breakfast foods to avoid.
Bacon, ham and sausage
Collocations are sets of words that often appear together, like "show
emotion" or "overcome with emotion". Learning collocations is a useful way to
learn more about a word than just its meaning and pronunciation.
When were you last overwhelmed with emotion? Tim Bowen takes a deep breath and delivers another round of collocations.
‘His voice choked with emotion as he described what it meant to him to carry the Olympic torch’. In a similar sense, in experiencing very strong feelings, one can be filled with, overwhelmed with or overcome with emotion.
Some people show their feelings more openly than others and they may betray, display, express or show emotion, as in ‘The accused showed no emotion as the sentence was passed’.
