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You should have informed her. You cannot say 'You should inform' or 'She informed'. You don't merely 'inform', you 'inform someone' of something. You have to let the listener know who that someone is.
As for example,I informed Bala that there would be a meeting tomorrow."
"Would it be wrong to say 'I informed that there would be a meeting tomorrow'?"
Yes, it would.Then what is the correct? The Principal informed some of the students that there would be no school tomorrow.
The word "bimonthly" can mean different things. A magazine or journal that is published once in two months can be called a "bimonthly". The word can also be used to refer to a magazine that comes out twice a month. So when someone refers to a magazine as being a bimonthly, find out from him whether it is twice a month or once in two months. A magazine that comes out once in four months is called a "quarterly". A "fortnightly" is one that is published once in two weeks.
The word for a wife who is excessively fond of her husband:
The word for a man who is excessively fond of his wife -"uxorious"-
The word for a wife who is excessively fond of her husband "maritorious". It is derived from the Latin "maritus" meaning "husband". But unlike the word "uxorious", "maritorious" is a word that is seldom heard or used.
What is the study of flags called?:
The academic study of flags is called "vexillology".
Why do we say "donkey's years"?
When you say that someone has been around for "donkey's years", what you are implying is that he/she has been around for a long, long time. The expression is mostly used in informal contexts. Here are a few examples.
* It's been donkey's years since I talked to Sarita and Ganesh.
* The project has been going on for donkey's years.
* Ranjeet has been with this company for donkey's years.
The expression seems to suggest that donkeys live for a long time. I don't know how many years a donkey lives, but this expression has nothing to do with the life span of a donkey. What is it that donkeys have that are extremely long? Ears, right? In fact, that's where the expression comes from. The original expression was "donkey's ears" and not "donkey's years"! Makes sense now doesn't it?
WHAT IS the difference between "disused" and "unused"?
Something that has never been used can be called "unused". For example, there are people who buy expensive pens and keep them in their cupboard. They never write with them; the pens remain unused. When you get married, you usually get a lot of presents. Some of them remain with you for several years, unused. And then you come up with a bright idea. You rewrap the unused items and give them to your friends when they get married! "Disused", on the other hand, means that something is no longer in use. It was used once upon a time, but it no longer is. For example, when you say that a building has fallen into disuse what you are implying is that people no longer live in it. The building was used once upon a time, but not anymore. Perhaps it has become too dangerous to live in. Similarly, we can talk about "disused mines" and "disused bridges".
* Please return your unused cheque books.
* The old car rusted from disuse.
What is the meaning of "friendly fire"?
This is an expression mainly used by the military. During the first week of the war, we heard that several American soldiers had been killed in a "friendly fire".When someone dies in a friendly fire what it means is that they were accidentally killed by their own troops! So when a British helicopter gets blown up by the Americans, the soldiers who die are not killed by the enemies, but by friendly fire. But the result is the same — they die!
What is the meaning and origin of "many a slip between the cup and the lip"?
This rather old fashioned expression means don't be too sure that your plan is going to work because anything can go wrong at anytime.
* Don't be too sure that you will have the project done by tomorrow. Remember, there's many a slip between t . What she forgot was there is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
This is an expression which has been around for several centuries. The story goes that Neptune's son, Ancaus had a beautiful vineyard which he was extremely proud of. He made the many slaves who took care of it work really hard. Once an overworked slave predicted that his master would not taste the wine produced that year.
When the grapes had been plucked and the wine extracted, Ancaus sent for the slave who had made the prediction. He poured out a cup of wine for himself and asked the slave why his prediction wasn't coming true. The slave apparently said, "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip". As Ancaus lifted the cup to taste the new wine, another slave came running and said that a wild boar had entered the vineyard and was destroying everything. Neptune's son put the cup of wine down and raced to the vineyard. You can probably guess the rest of the story. Ancaus was killed by the boar. Moral of the story? Drink your wine, before fighting a boar — or should it be "bore"?

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