Easy Learning How to Use English
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Easy Learning How to Use English

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Easy Learning How to Use English

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Collins Easy Learning How to Use English is designed to help learners of all ages use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. With its clear layout and simple explanations, this book is ideal for learners of English who want to improve their English for work, study and travel.

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A

a – an

You use a and an when you are talking about a person or thing for the first time. The second time you talk about the same person or thing, you use the.

She picked up a book.
The book was lying on the table.

see the

You can describe someone or something using a or an with an adjective and a noun.

We live in an old house in the country.
When you say what someone’s job is, use a or an in front of the name of the job. For example, say ‘He is an architect’. Don’t say ‘He is architect’.
She became a lawyer.

about

‘about’
You use about when you mention what someone is saying, writing, or thinking.

She told me about her job.
I need to think about that.
‘about to’
If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon.

He was about to leave.
Don’t use an ‘-ing’ form in sentences like these. Don’t say, for example, ‘He was about leaving’.
see also around – round – about

above – over

used to describe position
If something is higher than something else, you can use either above or over.

He opened a cupboard above the sink.
There was a mirror over the fireplace.
used to describe amounts and measurements
Above and over are both used to talk about a measurement or level of something that is higher than a particular amount.

The temperature rose to over 40 degrees.
…everybody above five feet eight inches in height.
Don’t use ‘above’ in front of a number when you are talking about a quantity or number of things or people. For example, don’t say ‘She had above thirty pairs of shoes’. Say ‘She had over thirty pairs of shoes’ or ‘She had more than thirty pairs of shoes’.
It cost over 3 million pounds.
He saw more than 800 children there.
You use over to say that a distance or period of time is longer than the one mentioned.

…a height of over twelve ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Guide to Entries
  7. Grammatical Terms
  8. How to Use English A-Z
  9. Topics