Nov 24, 2012

The word 'Day' in sentence


Word Day in the sentence gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage.


  • Over the last few days he had weakened rapidly.
  • I work two and a half days in a week.
  • Days in advance of your arrival date.
  • Days of receipt.
  • I asked her how she had spent the day, she answered pretty well, tho ' she was very weak.
  • The next day was a parade through the town.
  • Day trips.
  • Your wedding day will be one of the most important days in your life.
  • Day of departure.
  • The early days of the walk were a remote memory.
  • In most cases patients can return to work the following day.
  • However, all enquiries are dealt with same day where possible.
  • Order before 1 pm for same day delivery or before 4 pm for next day delivery or before 4 pm for next day home delivery.
  • Please note that any students arriving after 4.00 pm will have their assignments date- stamped for the next working day.
  • Day of the week, whilst some close at weekends.
  • Over the last few days he had weakened rapidly.
  • Penguins are the most numerous birds breeding on the island at the present day.
  • Outline a fun day of making for all the family.

Has not in the sentence

Has is used with He, She and It in the present, to give present perfect meaning. Let's read some examples.

She has not come yet.

She hasn't come yet.
He has not spoken.
He hasn't spoken.
Has she not made the decision.
Hasn't she made the decision.
She has not lived here.
She hasn't lived here.
He has not arrived.
She has not written.
He has not given.
It has not completed.
He has not finished.
She has not seen the movie.
She has money.
she has no money.
He has not been to India.
He thinks, he has not met you.
Has she not read the book yet?
She has not been ill.
She has not been in good mood since morning.
She has not been working.
Man has walked on the moon.
Man has not walked on the moon.
Our son has not learned how to read.
Scientist has not split the atom.
She has not talked to any specialists.
She has talked to specialists.
The rain has not stopped.
His car has not broken down.
Has she not been to England.
Has he not seen that movie.
He has not even noticed.
He has not worked hard.
She has not been searching.
Ti has not been eating.
She has not studied the maths properly.

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Nov 23, 2012

Idiom

Yellow journalism

Meaning: Journalism in which sensational stories are used to boost sales, or biased reporting is used to change the reader's views on an issue. Both of these are unethical.
For example:
  • Have you noticed how, during a war, normally trustworthy professionals start writing the worst sort of yellow journalism to justify their government's actions?
  • Karthi : "Is there any difference between yellow journalism and propaganda?" Pruthvi: "I think yellow journalism can be even more dangerous than propaganda if it's being presented as objective reporting by well-known journalists."
Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Nov 22, 2012

All hope abandon ye who enter here'


From Dante's Divine Comedy. The 1814 translation into English by the Reverend H. F. Cary is the origin for this phrase in English, although he gave it as the less commonly used 'All hope abandon ye who enter here'.
Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.

Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:

To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.

Before me things create were none, save things

Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.

Such characters in colour dim I mark'd

Over a portal's lofty arch inscrib'd:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import.
Dante Alighieri wrote this allegorical epic poem between 1306 and 1321. Virgil is the guide who takes the reader through the author's examination of the afterlife, which travels through the Inferno (Hell), the Purgatorio (Purgatory), and the Paradiso (Heaven).

Nov 20, 2012

It's raining cats and dogs

“Cats and dogs” come from the Greek expression cata doxa, which means “contrary to experience or belief.” If it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining unusually or unbelievably hard.
to say it’s raining “cats and dogs” might be to say it’s raining waterfalls.