www.marekconnellenglish.com 2019-10-14 Monday Rubén Achau Muñoz B2 Marek Connell English notes 2 b S ta k H rd Hardl D t D se ts

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1 am agr am not d n’t w ( ) 2 agr (+object) disagree 3 are D y agr ? Misunderstand Don’t get m wrong (don’t misunderstand me) I’m not very m f n xpert. I’m not very m f a backpacker . I’m not m f a pat ent pe son . I’m not v r Pat ent. f n idiot . f a risk-take . a bit f a perfectionist. d t c . laz . H s d t c. ààà n d t c pe son. a bit f craz . ààà a craz pe son. a bit f C v t W nde at e(s) k l m t e(s) m t e(s) c nt e(s) c l b e(s) Gradable (moderate) Ungradable (extremes)

deeply very Ungradable adverbs Gradable Adverb Extremely vitally Absolutely remarkably really =Utterly Immensely/fairly =completely Rather /somewhat totally =entirely painfully /bitterly

Really /Pretty

fairly" ß à “completely" quite Alive dead Ungradable adjectives Ungradable adjectives

Gradable Adjective big à huge small à tiny scared à terrified pretty à gorgeous beau tiful good/ nice/ lovely à amazing/fantastic/ marvelous /wonderful/ incredible awful bad à horrible/terrible hot à boiling cold à freezing important à essential/imperative

Gradable Adjective angry à furious similar à unique opp osed cheap Worthless Expensive Priceless captivate

interesting absorbed

entralled B ttle N s 1n os (you want to know people’s business) T g ss p ab t +object. 2 (you talk about people’s business) H s a g ss p person. Mind your own business, don’t be nosy! g ost sh p

most adjective th ng. onl th ng know is... The. worst th ng. first th ng was t visit… N rr w Qua nt ( m ng Bl nt xcit d I’m h pp t h a fr m y . t’s so g d t h a fr m y . T w lcom The Underground The Tub (LONDON ONLY!) Mind the gap

S BW (NEW YORK ONLY!) (general term) METRO (system) à any other country. M t e 100cm Metro is the most common term for underground rapid transit systems used by non- native English speakers.[11] Rapid transit systems may be named after the medium by which passengers travel in busy central business districts; the use of inspires names such as subway,[12] underground,[13] Untergrundbahn (U-Bahn) in German,[14] or the Tunnelbana (T-bana) in Swedish;[15] the use of viaductsinspires names such as elevated (L or el), skytrain,[16] overhead, overground or Hochbahn in German. One of these terms may apply to an entire system, even if a large part of the network (for example, in outer suburbs) runs at ground level. In most of Britain, a subway is a pedestrian underpass; the terms Underground and Tube are used for the , and the North East England Tyne and Wear Metro, mostly overground, is known as the Metro. In Scotland, however, the Glasgow Subway underground rapid transit system is known as the Subway. In most of North America, underground mass transit systems are primarily known as subways, whereas the term metro is a shortened reference to a metropolitan area. Chicago's commuter rail system that serves the entire metropolitan area is called Metra, while its rapid transit system that serves the city is called the "L" . Rapid transit systems such as the Metro, Los Angeles Metro Rail, the Miami Metrorail, and the Montreal Metro are generally called the Metro. In most parts of the world these systems are known as a "metro" which is short for "metropolitan". The term "subway" is used in many American systems as well as in Glasgow and Toronto. The system in London uses the terms "underground" and "tube". Systems in Germany are called "U-Bahn", which stands for "Untergrundbahn" (underground track). Many systems in East and Southeast Asia such as Taipei and are called MRT which stands for Mass Rapid Transit. Systems which are predominantly elevated may be referred to as "L" as in Chicago or "Skytrain", as in and Vancouver. Other less common names include "T-bane" (in Scandinavia) and "MTR". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit#cite_note-11 M n t s

n the ni t / t ni t at n the d / r ng the d Early – 12:00 br kfast n the m n ng 10:00 brun -12:00- t midday/n n l n Afternoon snack n the 12:00 – 17:00 afternoon d nne 17:01 – 21:00 n the v n ng s ppe 21:01 - late At night A tum Wor My fr end brother My brother fr end (singular) Student (plural) Students Jam s’s c r Some people will tell you that there is a rule in English grammar that you cannot use the possessive apostrophe-s with inanimate objects, because objects cannot “own” things. They are mistaken. While it is called “possessive” case, it really applies to all kinds of associations. If that weren’t true, you could not use the pronoun its. You couldn’t say, “I have to fix my kitchen chair. Its leg is broken.”

That said, your example might not be the best use of this construction. More typical would be “the chair leg” or “the leg of the chair.” I think that phrasing it as “the chair’s leg” is implicitly saying it is not some other part of the chair that broke.

[It is called] the "descriptive genitive" (e.g. "the sun's rays") when it is a property of, or otherwise associated with, an object rather than something it actually owns as such, and the "possessive genitive" when it is truly a genitive ("Matching Mole's computer"). The forms are the same however, either "inflected" (apostrophe "s", e.g. "the moon's reflection") or "periphrastic" (meaning a circumlocution, e.g. "the reflection of the moon").

The problem is that some purist grammarians do not accept that inanimate objects can use the inflected genitive because they cannot always be said to possess certain attributes ascribed to them ("a day's pay" being a classic example). https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/possessive-using-s-with-inanimate-nouns.165875/ https://www.quora.com/The-chairs-leg-is-broken-Is-it-a-grammatically-correct-sentence

The Internet dot Maths/rad o Point L t r t e F ll stop H f st ff Go t

l za d sh p f sh (pl/sl) The plural of fish is usually fish, but fishes has a few uses. In biology, for instance, fishes is used to refer to multiple species of fish.

T fl (run aw ) SINGULAR PLURAL A fl Sh lf Sh lv s fly t fli s w lf w lv s fli t(s) (m n fli s) h f h v s m sq Lif Liv s In t / n a farm nif Kniv s t a b t e . L f L v s F shm nge ’s wif wiv s T jump the g n/b ll t: lo f lo v s The idiom jump the gun has its roots in an athlete starting H f H v s a race before the starting pistol is fired. It refers to C f C v s someone or to an act when it is started earlier than expected, or when something is spoken without required thinking.

Tree bark

rind

A dog barks or growls t s m on . A cat m ows or pu rs . A w lf howls. d r A squ ks. mo s B ll w scr T 1. (of a person or animal) emit a deep loud roar, typically in irp T pain or anger."he bellowed in agony" q ck 2.shout something with a deep loud roar."he bellowed out the cro k order" n m top a 1. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ). the use of onomatopoeia for literary effect. Rodent Cla s Fu / fu r sk n (≈humano/pescado)

l e fu co t sued F ns D vid G n p g A m s mouses

B 2 mic mices coño B ve Rat C f c v s a M s B . M ss T rto s m s s L pa d (Mic) micro hon Squirrel V lt e Hibe nat I t my words. I st nd c rr ct d.

1. A m sq to bit s P g on 2. A B / wasp st ngs

Plac Spac There is no spac D v “There is no space/room in this room.” (uncountable) There are no spac s “There are many spaces in this house.” (countable) Pr D F erc C nn ng agil aff ct on t nde ; aff ct onat unuseful us l ss us f l sk mos cr codil r alised I’v n ve t ab t th s. Sh p e d N wada s C mmon Stra Veterinarian clinic. Cu go T h v a t +object cr ck (=to try)