Episode 37 – Who will win the UK election?

Today is ELECTION DAY in the UK, but who will win?! Obviously we DON’T know the answer to that, BUT we DO talk about some strange election day facts, as well as The Spice Girls ?, The Queen ?, smoking DRUGS ? and lots and LOTS of sexy RnR vocabulary…. ROCK ON baby! ????

Speaking of RnR vocabulary, here is today’s:

It makes a mockery of democracy
Labour are the underdogs
The election is on Thursday because Friday is payday
There is a better turnout if the election is on Friday
So is there an age-cap?
I would be on the beach smoking doobies
I sorted out all the necessary documents to vote
If you’re tipsy you can vote
The Queen likes to remain impartial

RnR Grammar

At the beginning of the podcast, I said:

“Neither Dan nor I live in Britain at the moment”

Notice the word ‘nor’ in this sentence, we use this because we use the word ‘neither’ earlier in the sentence, so we DO NOT use the word ‘or’.

Just remember this: Neither and Nor are friends!

And Either and Or are friends!

Here are some examples:

I can speak neither Spanish nor Chinese (I can’t speak Spanish and I can’t speak Chinese)

I can’t speak either Spanish or Chinese (I can’t speak Spanish and I can’t speak Chinese)

Both are the same in meaning, but because the second example is a NEGATIVE sentence, we CAN’T use ‘neither’ as this would be a double negative!

I hope this makes sense!