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Old Saturday, October 25, 2014
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share some important idioms also because I have remembered 450 idioms but Still I find hardly one or even nothing from them in past papers,,,
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share some important idioms also because I have remembered 450 idioms but Still I find hardly one or even nothing from them in past papers,,,
Here is the one useful link: http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compu...37-idioms.html

It would be better to download Past Years' solved idioms from http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compu...71-2010-a.html
and prepare them at first stage and first preference. You may download them in PDF from CSS Point solved by Last Island.
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31* This box is too much heavy for me.

It is incorrect.

Correct: This box is much too heavy for me.

Much too is used for adjectives.
Too much is used for nouns.
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Much too is adverb and too much is adjective.am I right?
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Css criteria has been changed.

It is incorrect.

Css criteria have been changed.

Criteria is a plural noun.
Criterion is a singular noun.
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Incorrect. I have been waiting for one and a half hour.

Correct. I have been waiting for one and a half hours.

One and a half is a plural expression.
One and a half hours.
One and a half years.
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