Trinomials in English

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🔥 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. Interested? Read on 👇🏻 #English #Grammar #Vocabulary #learnEnglish

💡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? More below 👇🏻

💡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 More 👇🏻

✅ 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 More 👇🏻

✅ 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 Want to know the meanings? Next tweet👇🏻

Learn the meanings and read examples of all the trinomials above in this article: social.kseacademy.com/english-trinomials