Yesterday, I asked you to find and correct the mistake in this hotel sign:
“PLEASE DON’T BRING ALL ITEMS OUT OF THE ROOM.”
Did you have a go?
Thank you all for your guesses.
Some of you guessed that the mistake was “bring.”
That’s fine.
You can also say “take” or “take out.”
The mistake was with the word “all.”
If you bring all the items out of the room, you bring the television, the refrigerator, the desk, the bed, the sheets, the pillows…
You bring every single last item out of the room until the room is completely empty.
What would I do with everything in my room? I don’t know.
But that’s what “all items” means.
I’m sure the hotel doesn’t want me to do that.
But what they wanted to say was “Don’t bring ANY items out of the room.”
That means, don’t bring even one item out of the room.
No, not even the bed.
Make sense?
REFLECTIONS ON MY JOURNEY
I can’t stop thinking about my weekend motorcycle trip.
But I’m not reflecting on the gorgeous mountain views.
Or the children who would wave at us as we rode through their village.
Or the lazy dogs who would fall asleep in the middle of the road.
I’m thinking about life.
I’m thinking about work.
And I’m thinking about the future.
More on that tomorrow…
Cheers,
Mr. Vig
P.S.
The Atomic Word of the Day is “reflect.”
What does it mean?
What else reflects?
And what is the noun?
Let’s talk about that in today’s audio lesson!
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