English idioms commonly used in middle school

Author: Yu Fulin
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Publish Date: 2002-11-08
Features: The issues discussed in the book originate from five aspects:
First, problems encountered by the author over the years in his studies and work, such as: "Why not use 'half a year'?", "Using 'many' and 'few' as predicates", "Using 'something' and similar words as adjectives";
Second, problems found by secondary school teachers in various English newspapers and magazines, such as: "The translation of 'sit back'", "Using 'of' or 'to' after 'entrance' and 'key' and other issues", "Responses to 'Thank you' and 'sorry'";
Third, questions actively raised by secondary school teachers, such as: "Using 'best' and 'most' with verbs to express ''", "Increasing by one time and two times and other expressions", "Several typical pitfalls", "Preposition + preposition structures";
Fourth, questions raised by current students, such as: "Omitting the subject", "70 types of tag questions", "Colorful exclamations and exclamatory sentences";
Fifth, questions that are estimated to be asked by secondary school English teachers, such as: "Who are you and What are you", "Using 'the' before adjectives to refer to people", "Nicknames in English" and so on.