Comments on: Catch on

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:49:51 +0000

In reply to Eugene.

Great example of catch on. When introducing movies, you can say simply: “…hair in the movie ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ where Kate…”

By: Eugene

Eugene — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:16:07 +0000

Recently facial piercing and acid hair colors have caught on with youngsters in our parts. I remeber that first time I saw acid colored hair in the movie named “Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind” where Kate Winslet was changing colors of her hair according to her inner mood. Her appearence – acid hair color – seemed extremely eccentric at the time when I first saw the movie in the mid 2000s, more than 15 years ago. Now my reaction is much more moderate. I really think we should give those teens some slack and not judge them too severely.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:07:51 +0000

In reply to Cemre. Wow, is that really true? You would want to say, "... is catching on with teenage girls."

By: Cemre

Cemre — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 14:28:43 +0000

Today, putting a tattoo on the chest -I mean right underneath the breast- catch on with teenage girls.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:18:39 +0000

In reply to Mario.

Hey Mario – so nice to have you here and welcome to Plain English! I’m not a huge fan of mullets either, but I’m starting to see them more and more now!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:13:31 +0000

In reply to Claudio. I think instead of "an expression of culture," you might say, "a form of expression that has caught on around the world." But a great use of catch on in the past tense!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:07:44 +0000

In reply to Chih. In this case, I think you can simply say, "Digital wallets have been catching on" or "Digital payments have been catching on." Otherwise a great example!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 20:00:17 +0000

In reply to Sunghwan.

Great example of “catch on” and “instead of” is correct too. I would just delete the word “the” before Starbucks: “…instead of Starbucks coffee due to the international sanctions.”

By: Mario

Mario — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 14:40:26 +0000

I think that the mullet hairstyle is awful but his history is interesting. Is also interesting the consideration about the metaverse of Zuckerberg. Let hope that that is not our future of loneliness.
Thank you, this is my first time on this platform. I hope I will improve my English .
see you

By: Claudio

Claudio — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:44:46 +0000

Graffiti is an expression of culture that has caught on around the world