{"id":26,"date":"2013-01-08T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T13:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2013-01-24T14:18:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T14:18:55","slug":"phrasal-verb-of-the-day-5-cross-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal verb: cross out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. cross <\/strong>something<\/i> out
    \n<\/strong>(transitive, separable)
    \nMeaning:<\/strong> draw a line through
    \nExample:<\/strong> Please cross<\/strong> that out<\/strong> and write it again.<\/p>\n

    Sometimes in the English language, we eliminate words that are unnecessary to understand the meaning of the sentence.\u00a0 This is called ellipsis.\u00a0 <\/b>For example, if I ask you, \u201cDo you love TeacherDiane.com?\u201d and you say, \u201cYes, I do.\u201d\u00a0 Then you know how to create an ellipsis!Try this activity:<\/strong> Cross out<\/b> the words that are not necessary.<\/p>\n

    ex. Do you like Italian food? \u00a0Yes, but I prefer Thai (food).
    \n*In this sentence, the second “food<\/em><\/strong>” can be removed!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. John can play the guitar, Mary can play, too.<\/li>\n
    2. I went to the bar and I asked for a beer.<\/li>\n
    3. She is tired, and I am tired too.<\/li>\n
    4. I really like caffeinated coffee, but my husband prefers decaf coffee.<\/li>\n
    5. We haven\u2019t forgotten, and she hasn\u2019t forgotten either.<\/li>\n
    6. He’ll come soon but I don’t know exactly when he’ll come.<\/li>\n
    7. If you need any money, I’ve got some money.<\/li>\n
    8. Has she been running? No, she has been cycling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      cross something out (transitive, separable) Meaning: draw a line through Example: Please cross that out and write it again. Sometimes in the English language, we eliminate words that are unnecessary to understand the meaning of the sentence.\u00a0 This is called … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}