作为名词不加s
It’s a three-hour drive to London.
作为副词，在时间单位后加s’。
The station is (a few minutes’ walk) away from here.[……]
软件与工具推荐
系统
ditto或clipx，剪贴板历史软件
Autohotkey
directory opus, vim
另见《为什么我不用笔记软件》
一般编程
git
tortoisegit
smartgit on linux
beyond compare
github an[……]
表示列举：等等，等水果，等等项目
等等
, and so on
, that kind of thing 注意不加and
, that sort of thing 注意不加and
等+类别
, and other
, and other sort of
, and other kind[……]
如何表达不同 Different people like different food
different adj.
Different people like different food. 用了两个different，不好看。
People like different food. 其实两个different是累赘的，删掉第一个即可。这大概是中国的语言习惯问题，喜欢加形[……]
as proof, as evidence, as a girl可以用在句子开头吗？
Children love stories. As evidence/As proof, they fall asleep while listening to music.
请问as proof, as evidence在此处用法正确吗？
中国人把as翻译为“作为”，采用翻译的方法，“[……]
字典里的单数、复数、可数、不可数标记
单数：作主语时，动词用单数形式。冠词用a或the。
复数：作主语时，动词用复数形式。冠词用the或无。
可数：可以加s变复数。然后依照单数、复数规则。
不可数：不可以加s变复数。作主语时，动词用单数形式。冠词用the或无。除非：PEU 120.4, PEU 131
pac[……]
雅思听力笔记
名言分析To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts
PEU 92
to do不定式可以做补语。
My ambition was to retire at thirty.
该句式可以用preparatory it，即
It was my ambition to retire at thirty.
该句式类似于 To be or not[……]
方位词的介词 [in/on/to] the north
north, south, east, west统称compass point。
of sth
方位词后可以加of sth。当没有of sth时，罗盘方位的原点是隐含的，要读者自行推断。
Houses are less expensive ?? the north than ?? th[……]
词语辨析n. fire; v. light, burn
fire
[U] 火焰 in fire
gold is purified in fire.
（引申义）An impassioned sermon about how citizens had to fight the devil every minute of their live[……]