I blog about editing, proofreading, and the English language.
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Many of the phrasal verbs and idioms addressed in this blog were highlighted during an English conversation class I ran a few years ago. I’m grateful to those who attended this for helping me see my native language from a different perspective.
Most of the examples used are quotes from news articles. Click on the links (in yellow) to view the full article.
Showing posts with label go leór. Show all posts
Showing posts with label go leór. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 February 2019
GALORE
The word “galore” means in abundance or in huge quantities and is derived from the Irish “go leór” meaning “to sufficiency, or enough.” [1] It is placed after the word it describes.
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