Madrid has recently mentioned that it has plans to create a LOW-EMISSION zone in the city centre and would ban all cars from polluting the city. The suggested TOLL is similar to the ones implemented in other European coutries such as London, Milan and Germany – called the CONGESTION CHARGE.If this gets the GO-AHEAD then only certain cars that achieve the Euro lll emission standards or higher would be allowed in the city centre and the rest would have to pay.
German cities require Euro lV and Diesel Particulate Filters for vehicles – this is a strict ENFORCEMENT.
Residents in the city would be EXEMPT from these measures - as they are in London, because they live in the city centre and therefore would not be expected to pay.
However if this goes ahead it would have a major impact on daily commuters and business deliveries and could reduce revenue activity and SCARE people from coming into the city.
What do you think of this issue?
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February 2012
Both either neither
by Radmila Gurkova
We use Both/Either/neither for two things:
Both Films are good
Neither film is bad
I don't mind seeing either film
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Be able to is not a modal auxiliary verb. We include it here for convenience, because it is often used like "can" and "could", which are modal auxiliary verbs.
Structure
subject + be + able + infinitive
Be able to can be used with all tenses:
I am able to drive.....
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The series about the history of the English language continues with more examples of how English has changed over time. This video includes details about American English. It may be something that people are a lot more common with, especially with the impact of American 'movies' ...
first 30 seconds of the video
For Spanish speakers actually is a false friend. It does not mean right now, nowadays it means in reality.
Adverb:
Really. This time he actually applied for the job.
It is also used when something someone has said is surprising
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Confusing words? A lot & Allot
A lot Usage: As a noun and an adverb - A large number, very, many
For example:
A lot of people think that the economy is getting worse.
I have a lot of CDs.
A lot of planning went into it.
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A man in France made a boat 3.5m long boat out of chocolate and sailed it in a port in Northern France. The boat turned around two or three times and then broke apart.
It carried three passengers or sailors!
The boat weighed 1.2 tons and reached a speed of 15km/h.
It took a team 1.5 ...
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Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" decided to take a look at the afterlife of this pig and find out how many parts of this animal were used and for what.
It resulted in at least 185 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts. In Denmark there are 16 million people ...