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Both Chris and Pat were late. I was both hungry and tired when I arrived home.
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neither ... conjunction... commencer à apprendre
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Neither Chris nor Pat came to the party. Tom said he would contact me, but he neither wrote nor phoned.
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either ... conjunction... commencer à apprendre
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I'm not sure where Maria is from. She is either Spanish or Italian. Either you apoligise or I'll never speak to you again.
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all vs everybody/everyone commencer à apprendre
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all vs everybody / everyone -- we do not normally use ALL to mean EVERYBODY / EVERYONE every, everybod, everyone, everything are singular words so we use singular verbs (pron. they, them, themselves can be used) # Everybody enjoyed the party. (not All enjoyed...) Everybody has arrived. (not have arrived). BUT with object pronouns {me, you, him, her, it, us, them} we us ALL OF not EVERYONE/BODY. ## All of us enjoyed the party.
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all vs. whole {=complete, entire} # whole + singular nouns. Did you read the whole book? = all the book. Emili has lived her whole life in Scotland. = all her life. ##. pronoun + whole. but all + pronoun. ###. all + uncountable. I've spend all the money you gave me.
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every + time words = how often something happens We went to the beach every day. There is a bus every ten minutes. We don't see each other very often - about every six months.
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all/whole with time words commencer à apprendre
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all with time words = the complete period of the time from begining to end all day (not all the day), all week (not all the week) We spend all day on the beach. = the whole day on... He didn't say a word all evening. = the whole evening.
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all vs. everything (generally equal meaning) All I've eaten today is a sandwich. = the only thing I've eaten today. # I'll do all I can to help. = I'll do everything I can to help. # we not normally use ALL alone. He thinks he knows everything. (NOT he knows all). Everything went wrong. (NOT all went wrong). # "ALL" to say "the only thing(s)". All I've eaten today is.
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wish + had done (past participle) OR would have done (past participle) commencer à apprendre
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wish + had done (past participle) Do not use would have... after wish: The weather was cold while we were away. I wish it had been warmer. (NOT I wish it would have been...)
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* we say "wish sb sth" (luck / a success etc.) I wish you every success in the future. He wished me luck. ** hope that sth happens. I hope you get this letter before you go away. I hope you have a pleasant stay here. but. I wish you a pleasant stay here.
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wish - to say that we regret sth, that sth isn't as we would like it * present: I wish I knew what to do about the problem. Do you wish you lived near the sea. * past I wish I hadn't said it. (but I said it). I wish I had known about the party. I would have gone if I'd known.
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wish - I regret that I cannot do it * present: I'm sorry I have to go. I wish I could stay longer. I've met that man before. I wish I could remember his name. ** past: I hear the party was great. I wish I could have gone.
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wish ... would - when we would like sth to happen or change. Usually, the speaker doesn't expect this to happen. komentarz - akcje / zdarzenia I wish it would stop rain. I wish Sarah would come. but. I wish Sarah was here. I wish somebody would buy me a car. but. I wish I had a car.
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I wish ... would - to complain about situation I wish ... wouldn't - to complain about things that people do repeatedly The phone has been ringing for five minutes. I wish somebody would answer it. I wish you would do something instead of just sitting and doing nothing. ** I wish you wouldn't keep interupting me.
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