sexta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2010

How to use the expression "No Longer" and "For Good"

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I've been talking to some of my students who came up with this question: How can I use the expressions "no longer" and "for good"? They've told me that they could guess the meaning in the context, but they couldn't know exactly what they meant.

Well, I will try to be very clear. The expression "NO LONGER" means "NOT... ANYMORE" or "NO MORE".

Examples:

I will no longer ride a bike to work because I got me a car now.
                                            =
I will not ride a bike to work anymore because I got me a car now.
                                            =
I will ride a bike to work no more because I got me a car now.


That is it about it. I will no longer talk about it because I know y'all got it!





The expression "FOR GOOD" is used in replacement of "FOREVER" or "PERMANENTLY". As simple as that.


Examples:


The store will be closed for good.
                             =
The store will be closed down.(will not be opened anymore).
                             
Michael finally left home for good.


They tried to repair it many times before they fixed it for good.




That is all for today folks! 


Lil' Dawg
ESL Teacher
rphingles@yahoo.com.br



6 comentários:

  1. I believe the expression "for good" can also mean that something is done with good intentions, for the befefit of 'good'... like, "donating money to Africa: charity for good" or something like that... Anyway, at least it's what I believe the image you uploaded is associated with, rather than the somewhat informal use of "for good" to replace forever, etc. I suppose both meanings are acceptable. Great job tho', I love your posts, they always help me! Keep it up!

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  2. Hey Matt,

    Appreciate your comments and what you've said is correct buddy, actually when publicity, generally, applies expressions to their ads, they try to make it ambiguous so as to catch people's attention. Thanks for always stopping by.

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  3. I've heard this expression a lot lately, but I didn´t know the meaning. xD

    I definetly fixed it for good!

    thnks Dawg!

    xoxo Pepper.

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  4. Hey Pepper,

    Nice to know that. I will try to post some other interesting and useful things. Due to the lack of spare time, I couldn't do so before!

    Thanks for the comment and for showing up.

    Lil' Dawg

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  5. I miss your posts. since I started read the blog, I come to here to learn more expressions... :)
    good job, dawg. your blog is very cool and useful. :*

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  6. I remeber when I was reading a text and it appeard: "Old shops wont last for good In Cairo." In this case I could say: "Old shops will no longer exist in Cairo" ?

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