English idioms - доклад по прочим предметам

 

Тезисы:

  • Without idioms English would lose much of its variety and humor both in speech an writing.
  • (French was also a popular source of idioms.) Nowadays American English is in this position.
  • So is the case with English language and idioms.
  • How then does American English differ from British English in the use of idioms?
  • American English adopts and creates new idioms at a much faster rate compared to British English.
  • Some examples of these early American English idioms follow.
  • The background and etymological origins of most idioms is at best obscure.
  • Idioms are constantly dying and new-ones are born.
  • Some idioms may have gone through radical changes in meaning.
  • Originally, when there was only the British English form, it meant exactly the opposite.

 

 

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