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Gottabemety Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Righty tighty, lefty loosey
Hello teachers,
My name is taylor and I'm posting just to hope you could give me a couple of more example sentences to me as in what the title says, i.e righty tighty, lefty loosey(screw repair and use). Thanks!
My name is taylor and I'm posting just to hope you could give me a couple of more example sentences to me as in what the title says, i.e righty tighty, lefty loosey(screw repair and use). Thanks!
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Are you looking for examples of mnemonics in general?
- Are you looking for examples of mnemonics in general?
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Hello, gottabemety, and welcome to English Forums. One mnemonic I use is 'Roy G. Biv'.
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Mister MicawberHello, gottabemety, and welcome to English Forums. One mnemonic I use is 'Roy G. Biv'.Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain.
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Here are a few more:
Latitude is Flatitude, while Longitude passes through London.
To remember the gram, Christmas makes me jam. (Count the letters in each word, 1 oz = 28.349523 grams).
May I have a large container of coffee please? or How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics (Pi, 3.1
Latitude is Flatitude, while Longitude passes through London.
To remember the gram, Christmas makes me jam. (Count the letters in each word, 1 oz = 28.349523 grams).
May I have a large container of coffee please? or How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics (Pi, 3.1
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Blue JayHere are a few moreBig Elephants Always Develop Grimy Calloused Feet. (The order of flats in key signatures ( music))
Five Charming Girls Danced Around Eva's Bed. (The order of sharps, i.e., reverse order from flats)
Good Boys Do Fine Always. (Notes on the lines for bass clef)
Every Good Boy Does Fine. (Notes on the lines for treble clef)
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Sorry to have made you all misunderstand what I'm saying. Actually what I'm trying to say is that is it a general rule to add a letter "y" at the end of each word to tell listeners it is easier to rememeber a stuff using this way. Can you give me more examples? Thanks!
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gottabemetyActually what I'm trying to say is that is it a general rule to add a letter "y" at the end of each word to tell listeners it is easier to rememeberNo, that's not a rule.
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