Seminar 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Modern English 1. Topics to be discussed:
- Understanding numbers – numerical affixes and non-traditional counting systems
- Numbers and words
- Common words – uncommon usage
- The language of groups – Taking about groups
- The use of animals in simile and metaphor – an overview
- The use of colors in metaphoric general and business English
- The most common phrasal verbs (general English)
- Introduction to metaphoric action verbs