A lot of/lots of students get into debt.
(preferred in informal contexts to: Many students get into debt.)
I’ve got a lot of/lots of work to get through today.
(preferred to: I’ve got much work to get through today.)
[tutor in informal university seminar]
Compounding is one of the main forms of word formation in the Germanic
languages. That is you just take lots of words and stick them together. Erm,
Joyce has an example in just before this passage actually. He has a word which
he totally invents. Contransmagnificandubantangiality. And all he’s done is
stick lots of words together. You get the idea?
(many would sound far too formal here)
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |