Daily Word and Grammar (peevish/ boarding and lodging/ to eat out of one's hand)

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Jun 12, 2007, 1:11:51 PM6/12/07

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"Daily Word and Grammar" is an initiative taken by me to enrich our
English in the word and in the grammar front.
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WORD OF THE DAY:

peevish - cross or complaining; fretful

When asked to revise the theorem a third time, Rahul responded in a
peevish tone.

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WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: In India most of the hotels inform us that they have both
"boarding and lodging" facilities.

CORRECT: In India most of the hotels inform us that they have both
"board and lodging" facilities.

GRAMMAR : Native speakers of English talk about "board and lodging"
and not "boarding and lodging".

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IDIOM

to eat out of one's hand - you succeed in getting someone to do
whatever you want

As a young man, he dreamed that he would have his wife eating out his
hand.
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Rishikesh Sinha
Journalist
New Delhi

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