Get is a very common verb in English, but it is not always appropriate for talking about changes. Note also alternatives to get which can improve your style. Go, not get Go is used for changes in people’s personality, appearance and physical abilities: People go mad/bald/grey/blind/deaf. Go is often used for sudden, usually negative, changes: [...]
go to, go on, go for, go -ing
I. go to … (go to work / go to London / go to a concert etc.) What time do you usually go to work? I’m going to France next week. Tom didn’t want to go to the concert. – ‘Where’s Ann?’ ‘She’s gone to bed.’ I went to the dentist last week. go to [...]
List G
good will or goodwill? Always write as one word when referring to the prestige and trading value of a business. He bought the GOODWILL for five thousand pounds. Use either two words or one word when referring to general feelings of kindness and support. As a gesture of GOOD WILL,she cancelled the fine. gorilla or [...]
big, large, great and tall- high
1.We use big mostly in an informal style. We’ve got a big new house. Get your big feet off my flowers. That’s a really big improvement. You’re making a big mistake. In a more formal style, we prefer large or great. Large is used with concrete nouns (the names of things you can see, touch, [...]
