stimulus See Note at STIMULANT stop 1
This policy is supposed to stop people to buy foreign cars.
This policy is supposed to stop people from buying foreign cars. stop sb/sth (from) doing sth (NOT to do ), = prevent someone (from) doing something or something from happening: ‘Her parents tried to stop her from going abroad.’ 2
The child couldn’t stop from talking.
The child couldn’t stop talking. stop doing sth (WITHOUT from ) = cease an activity: ‘ It’s actually stopped raining at last.’ Compare: ‘The rain stopped us from going out.’ 3
I stopped to play the piano at the age of eight.
I stopped playing the piano at the age of eight. He loved toys and couldn’t stop to look at them.
He loved toys and couldn’t stop looking at them. stop doing sth = cease or discontinue an activity: ‘I stopped reading and turned out the light.’ stop to do sth = halt or pause (in order to do something) : ‘Although I was in a hurry, I stopped to talk to him.’ storey They live on the second storey.
They live on the second floor. Storey is usually used to describe the structure of a building: ‘These office blocks are usually three or four storeys high.’ ‘a multi-storey car park’, ‘a detached two-storey house’. When you are talking about where someone lives/works/goes etc, use floor: ‘My flat is on the seventh floor.’ ‘We took the lift up to the third floor.’ strange 1
The children were told not to talk to strange people.
