--- title: Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules», a lesson of the myths course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: "Turn it off and on again!" says Nan, and the telly works. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/) / Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules # Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules Lesson 27 of the myths course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/0/) — "Turn it off and on again!" says Nan, and the telly works. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/1/) — "Batteries in the fridge!" says Granddad. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/2/) — "You can't get burnt when it's cloudy," says your big sister, and comes home pink. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/3/) — Grown-ups' rules are passed on like recipes: some were true once, some are half true, and some were never true but sounded sensible. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/4/) — Restarting really does fix many glitches, because it clears out a computer's muddle; but it can't fix a cracked screen or a broken part. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/5/) — The cloudy-day rule is the dangerous one: most of the sun's burning rays pass straight through clouds, so you need sun cream anyway. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/7/) — Turning a device off and on again often fixes software glitches (small faults in how it runs) because it clears its working memory, but it cannot fix broken parts. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/8/) — Switching a light on uses only a tiny extra burst of power, far less than leaving it on, so turning lights off when you leave a room saves electricity. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/9/) — Swallowed chewing gum does not stick your intestines (your guts) together; it passes through in a day or two. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/10/) — Modern batteries do not need to be kept in the fridge; a cool, dry place at room temperature is best, and the fridge can make them damp. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/12/) — You do not have to wait 24 hours to report a missing person; tell the police straight away. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/13/) — The "sea" you hear in a seashell is the sound around you echoing inside the shell; a cup held to your ear does the same. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/14/) — Slouching does not give children a hunchback (a back bent into a hump); moving about and strong muscles matter more, though sitting badly for hours can cause aches. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/15/) — Studies have found that banknotes and coins can carry more germs than a toilet seat, which is cleaned often, so washing hands after handling money is sensible. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/16/) — Hot plastic bottles can let tiny amounts of chemicals into water, but studies found amounts far below safety limits; a refilled warm bottle can grow germs, so wash it. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/17/) — You can get sunburnt on a cloudy day, because most of the sun's burning ultraviolet light passes through clouds. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/18/) — Some grown-ups' rules are true, some half true and some false, so each one is worth checking on its own. - ← previous: [Sleepovers and spooky stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/) - next →: [Where did you read that? Checking sources](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/) - ↑ back to [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/)