Comments on: Down to earth https://plainenglish.com/expressions/down-to-earth/ Upgrade your English Thu, 15 May 2025 14:27:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/down-to-earth/#comment-18710 Thu, 15 May 2025 14:27:35 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=9076#comment-18710 In reply to Dario.

This is great. Just one small edit, “…and the former one…” instead of “formerly”.

(Formerly is an adverb, and we usually use it with a to-be verb. So you can say, “The new pope was formerly a bishop from Peru.” But, “The former pope was from Argentina.”

]]> By: Dario https://plainenglish.com/expressions/down-to-earth/#comment-18694 Tue, 13 May 2025 01:58:13 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=9076#comment-18694 The Pope Leo XIV and the formerly one are down to earth, especially because they belong to the order of the Augustinians

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