Seminar 3: The Nuts and Bolts of Modern English 2. Topics to be discussed:
- Loanwords vs. calques
- The use of Latin in general, business and legal English
- Phrasal verbs for business and money
- Too much and too little and the use of affix in general and business English
- The use of over/ under as pseudo prepositions
- Introduction to adage and proverb
- Metaphoric action verbs – jump, hop, etc
- Idiomatic sport expression with application to business