Comments on: Brand new

By: Igor Brum

Igor Brum — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:40:26 +0000

In reply to Jeff. Amazing! That clears things up.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:03:42 +0000

In reply to Igor Brum. Oh, check out this old episode: Have you hit ‘musical paralysis’? Study says over-30s stop discovering new tracks

By: Igor Brum

Igor Brum — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:26:05 +0000

I first learned the expression ‘brand new’ from the song You Make Me Feel Brand New by Simply Red. I guess music doesn’t have to be brand new to be great. In fact, I mostly enjoy listening to the same old songs over and over.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 14:50:01 +0000

In reply to Huy. Perfect.

By: Huy

Huy — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:09:34 +0000

Tech-savvy individuals crave the cutting-edge features of brand-new laptops, leading them to upgrade their devices every few years.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:45:55 +0000

In reply to Jiri.

“brand-new” is perfect here. “In our company, we are close to a decision not to buy any brand-new cars.” This is grammatically correct, but could be confusing. (For example, in my business, I don’t buy any brand-new cars either!) I think you mean that in the ordinary course of business you need to get cars and you have in the past bought brand-new cars, but you will stop doing so. If that’s what you mean, you can say, “In our company, we are close to a decision to stop buying brand-new cars.” That would be a little clearer. A few other tips:

1. A car is able to serve = Instead say, “A car would last another, say, 10 years.”
2. We will let it out = I think you can say, “We’ll sell it, either to a local car dealership or to a junkyard.”

“Buying time” is perfect here – nice job.

By: Jiri

Jiri — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:50:25 +0000

In our company we are close to a decision not to buy any brand-new cars. We would believe that a car which is three or four years old with a decent milage is much cheaper than a brand-new one. The car is able to serve another let´s say 10 years. After 10 years or so, when the car has more breakdowns, we will let it out. Either to a scrap or to a local car dealership. On top of that we are buying time for a future decision if we should go into electric cars or not. To buy an electric car in our country now is too expensive and risky too. There are not many charging stations.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 18:43:32 +0000

In reply to Chih. Great example! I'll suggest a few small edits in bold: He bought a brand-new kitchenware set and signed up a cooking class. He finally said good-bye to his past, and started a new life by learning to cook on his own.

By: Chih

Chih — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 02:46:10 +0000

He bought a set of brand-new kitchenware and signed up a cookery class. He finally said good-bye to his past, and started a new life by leaning cook on his own.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:07:31 +0000

In reply to EVERSON ZIN. Great, you can say, "A number of years ago, Moderna launched a brand-new vaccine--a COVID-19 vaccine."