Thursday 31 March 2016

NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING - SPOKEN ENGLISH

Q: Sir, will you please explain the meaning of
the expression?
Nothing Like Anything

A: Nothing ike anything= there is nothing
Like what we are talking about it is
unique
Eg: The movie was superb- nothing like any-
thing = nothing can be compared to the
movie, it was so great.

Q: Sir. please explain the meaning of "Never
Say Never Again" with example.

A: Never say never again: The saying means
nobody can be sure that something never
happens, and that whatever it might be, it
will happen again. So it would be wrong to
say. 'Never say never again'.
That is, nothing is impossible, anything can
happen.

Q: Sir. please explain the meanings of the
sentences with "has had to structure. Eg:
The BJP has had to tie up with the TDP for
political reasons. And also the meaning of
That said. we have to respect the sacr
fices of the freedom fighters " with a few
more examples

A: Has had is the present perfect tense of
have', just as Have taken is the present
perfect tense of 'take'.
Has had=(Somebody) has possessed
something till now / has possessed it some
time in the past.
Eg: He has had three cups of coffee so far.
(He has taken three cups of coffee so far
till now)
She has had a diamond necklace (at some-
time in the past- 
She has had coffee just now and doesnt
want any more 

Q: The Hindi and Marathi are different form
of the Sanskrit. Here Hindi, Maraths di
Tenent languages  the
Hindi and the Marathi 

A: We dont use the before the names of lan-
guages ,it is wrong, Correct sentence
Hindi and Marathi are dafferent forms of
Sanskrit

0:1 am sure about it nobody has lived in that
house for a hundred years Rere hundred
years is plural 

A: Hundred. thousand, lakh. and crore are
countable singulars (pluralshundreds,
thousands. lakhs, crores), so they must
have.a before them if we talk about one
hundred, one thousand, one lakh, and one
Crore

Eg: 152 hundred and tifty two-Wrong. A
hundred and fitty two-Correct.

Q: Sir. please clarify the difference between
the below sentences
i) We had scarcely reached the school
when the bell rang
n) As soon as we reached the school, the
bell rang
A: No difference in meaning between the two
sentences. That meanings are the same.

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