🔥 ENGLISH TRINOMIALS 🔥
Today I'll be talking about English trinomials, which are a bit rare but they exist and come up here and there in the English language.
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💡WHAT ARE TRINOMIALS IN ENGLISH?
They’re basically three-word, fixed collocations. For example: drugs, sex and rock’n’roll. 🤘🏻
You know that one, right?
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💡WHY ARE THEY CALLED "TRINOMIALS"?
The Latin prefix “tri-” refers to “having three” and “-nomial” derives from Greek “nomos”, which means “part” or “portion”.
And, as you will have guessed, we also have English binomials. 🤓
✅ THE MOST COMMON TRINOMIALS IN ENGLISH (1/3)
• beg, borrow and steal
• blood, sweat and tears
• cool, calm and collected
• could’ve, would’ve, should’ve
• eat, drink and be merry
• good, bad, or indifferent
• here, there and everywhere
• hook, line and sinker
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✅ THE MOST COMMON TRINOMIALS IN ENGLISH (2/3)
• hop, skip, and jump
• ifs, ands or buts
• left, right and centre
• lock, stock, and barrel
• morning, noon , and night
• nasty, brutish and short
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✅ THE MOST COMMON TRINOMIALS IN ENGLISH (3/3)
• ready, willing, and able
• this, that and the other
• Tom, Dick, and Harry
• way, shape or form
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Learn the meanings and read examples of all the trinomials above in this article:
social.kseacademy.com/english-trinomials