Chat and Text Acronyms - CUWTA

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Tongue Twister - Billy Button

Bill Button bought a butter'd biscuit;
Did Billy Button buy a butter'd biscuit?
If Billy Button bought a butter'd biscuit,
Where's the butter'd biscuit Billy Button bought?

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Tongue Twister - Stella´s Sneakers

Someone sold Stella super stiped sneakers. Stella stood. Stella stepped. Stella slipped.

  “Shucks!” shrieked Stella. Sam’s silver stream shovel scooped Stella skyward.

Star-struck Stella sideswiped Shelly’s shiny space station. “Stay, Stella. Sip some sweet soda,” said Shelly.

  “Sure,” said Stella. Stella sipped. Stella stepped. Stella slipped. She slipped south. Sam’s steam shovel scooped Stella safely.

Sam soon aw Stella’s sign: Sale-Super Slippery Striped Sneakers

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Text and Chat Acronyms - BWL

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Tongue Twister - Sally at the Seashore

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

She sells seashells on the seashell shore.
The seashells she sells are seashore shells,
Of that I'm sure.

She sells seashells by the seashore.
She hopes she will sell all her seashells soon.

If neither he sells seashells
Nor she sells seashells,
Who shall sell seashells?
Shall seashells be sold?

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Phrasal Verb - come across

1. While I was cleaning I came across a large wad of cash in your pocket.  Can you explain?
2. He is the most obnoxious man I have ever come across.
3. Whose keys are these?  I came across them in the bathroom.
4. I've never come across anything like this before!  Where did you get it?

So now you can work out the meaning of come across.
Is it ...

1. finding something / meeting someone by chance, or
2. going to a place to get something or meet someone?

That's right.  The correct answer is number 1.

Grammar for "come across"

"come across" is a inseparable phrasal verb.
This means that you can say...

• She came across your keys in the bathroom.
• She came across them in the bathroom.

But, you CANNOT say ...

• She came your keys across in the bathroom.
• She came them across in the bathroom.

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Chat and Text Acronyms - BI5

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