Transcript Idioms #68

Idioms
Mini Lesson #68
From the UWF Writing Lab’s
101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series
Examples
We agree with
other people,
but we agree
on a promise.
Also, use
according to
rather than
according
with and different
from instead of
different than.
We say “all of a
sudden,” not “all of
the sudden,” because
“all of a sudden” is an
idiomatic expression.
Blowing up a
planet may result
in / from a black
hole.
Planet Melmac was
overcome by / with
the Borg.
Blowing up a
planet may result
in a black hole.
Planet Melmac was
overcome by the
Borg.
I am accustomed to /
with the taste of Soylent
Green.
Practice
I am accustomed to the
taste of Soylent Green.