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Gérard I don't know what that means and once again I had to search on the net

This means that you want to describe something / tell a story in brief. You want to give a summary.

Metropolis, City, Town, Village, Hamlet.

Note:
- "city" is sometimes found in the names such as Kansas-City
I guess "city" is not or very rarely used in the UK.
- "town" can also be found as suffixes in names but most of the time under the spelling and pronunciation "-ton" eg Brighton,
- "hamlet" comes from the French "hameau" and is very often found in English names: Birmingham, Nottingham even when the ham became a big city.

What about Northampton? Is there -ham-? "-ton"?

Another word could be added to the list though it doesn't refer to a whole group of houses: "borough" -> suffix -burg after the French "bourg".

gerardM a écrit:

How to write a basic paragraph. Some good transition words for starting a new paragraph. When to Make a New Paragraph.




How to write a basic paragraph. Some good transition words for starting a new paragraph. When to Make a New Paragraph.
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Did anyone notice there is a little typo in the table?

Hi Didier,

Didier B a écrit:...
Did anyone notice there is a little typo in the table?

Do you mean "for the most parT"?

Hi Gérard,
Well, I didn't see that one! So, there is still (at least) another one.

Didier B a écrit:Hi Gérard,
Well, I didn't see that one! So, there is still (at least) another one.

I must confess I've to give in!
However there're two expressions that baffle me:
- "that's flat"... I wouldn't start a new paragraph with this
- "to say the truth" - I would have thought of "to tell the truth"

You are right. That's flat! seems more appropriate to close a conversation than to start a new paragraph.

The typo is "one way of another" which should be "one way or another".

Didier B a écrit:You are right. That's flat! seems more appropriate to close a conversation than to start a new paragraph.

The typo is "one way of another" which should be "one way or another".

Bugger! (*)
I didn't see this!

Thanks Didier.

(*)
> PS: Pls note that I chose American English for my vocabulary
I usually use American vocabulary but "bugger" is the exception (British word)

Didier B a écrit:You are right. That's flat! seems more appropriate to close a conversation than to start a new paragraph...

Unless it's something I don't know about.
I'm trying to find other meanings of "flat" than what I'm used to meeting but till now I can't find.

and that's flat!
uk informal
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used to tell someone that the decision you have just announced will not change even if they try to persuade you to change it:
I'm not coming, and that's flat!

Still nothing.
If starting a new paragraph it'll be the last one

gerardM a écrit:

Non-adverbs that end with -ly
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Gérard, I can read them but without context it is very difficult to memorize them.

Thanks Gérard for those very useful flashcards !
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