Everything or almost everything has a beginning, a middle and an end. Nobody will argue with this. However, when starting to do something, we often start from the middle (or even from the end), completely forgetting about the beginning. Why?
Because, as a rule, both the beginning and the end are a ritual that carries no meaning other than symbolic. The meaning of the action usually lies in the middle. And the rest is like a wrapper, like a packaging container, so that it doesn't "break" ... We, not respecting the ritual, not seeing any benefit in it, like in a packaging container, we often go straight to the middle of the case. We believe that performing the ritual is not necessary at all.What is the ritual of the beginning and the end? This is usually: 1) greeting, 2) gratitude, 3) appeal for invisible help to the Higher powers ... Are there any more examples? These are enough for now.
You can, of course, shout from the doorway: “Give me money! (information, goods) "... And you can first ... say hello, or something. You can, having received money (information, goods), immediately run on about your business, or you can ... thank and say goodbye properly.
This is also understandable and primitive. But in fact, we often neglect even this.
We do not have time, we save time - we immediately go "to the heart of the matter." However, a proverb was created especially for such "time-saving" ones: "If you hurry, you will make people laugh!"
1. His desk is .AT.. the window. (in, at)
2. The lamp is .OVER. the table. (under, over)
3. There are a lot of cars .IN.. the streets nowadays. (on, in)
4. There are no chestnut treesIN FRONT OF ... the house. (on, under, in front of)
5. You can find your photo .AMONG.. the pages of this book. ( among, between)
6. Max is not ..AT. home. He is .AT.. college now. He'll be here IN... an hour. (in, on, at, to)
7. There is a big round table .IN THE MIDDLE OF.. the room. (under, between, in the middle of)
8. There are a lot of good sportsmen .AMONG.. the students of our group. ( through, among)
9. I can't see the film. You are .IN FRONT OF.. the TV! (in front of, opposite)
10. Look! There is a kite OVER... that high tree! ( under, over, behind)
11. Cows are sacred animals in India. They can lie .ACROSS. the roads and stop the traffic. (along,
across)
12. Please take all these dirty plates OFF... the table and put them INTO ... the sink. ( into, off, to)
13. The Earth moves ..ROUND. the Sun. (at, round)
14. They often visit their grandparents .ON.. weekends. ( at, on, in)
15.IN 1558 Giovanni della Cosa wrote a book "Etiquette”. (on, at, in)
16. I usually get up early IN... the morning, but ..IN. Sundays I like to sleep a lot. ( at, on, in)
17. I'll help you IN... a moment! (on, in, at)
18. My mum wakes up AT... half past six. ( in, on, at)
19. Taras Shevchenko was born ..ON. 9th of March, 1814 and died .IN.. 1861. (at, in, on)
20. We come home from tennis club .AT.. five o'clock IN... the afternoon. (on, in, at)
Everything or almost everything has a beginning, a middle and an end. Nobody will argue with this. However, when starting to do something, we often start from the middle (or even from the end), completely forgetting about the beginning. Why?
Because, as a rule, both the beginning and the end are a ritual that carries no meaning other than symbolic. The meaning of the action usually lies in the middle. And the rest is like a wrapper, like a packaging container, so that it doesn't "break" ... We, not respecting the ritual, not seeing any benefit in it, like in a packaging container, we often go straight to the middle of the case. We believe that performing the ritual is not necessary at all.What is the ritual of the beginning and the end? This is usually: 1) greeting, 2) gratitude, 3) appeal for invisible help to the Higher powers ... Are there any more examples? These are enough for now.
You can, of course, shout from the doorway: “Give me money! (information, goods) "... And you can first ... say hello, or something. You can, having received money (information, goods), immediately run on about your business, or you can ... thank and say goodbye properly.
This is also understandable and primitive. But in fact, we often neglect even this.
We do not have time, we save time - we immediately go "to the heart of the matter." However, a proverb was created especially for such "time-saving" ones: "If you hurry, you will make people laugh!"
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