Form, you see, is the way something exists, is presented, or appears – fill out a form, for instance. Form is also a type of something, something that exists in many types – In other words, how you categorize things. Trains, for instance, are a very cost-effective form of transport. Not the Gao Tie (High-speed Rails) of course and perhaps not these days in general, but at least it used to be that way. And so let me modify that statement: Trains are a very cost-effective form of transport, or at the very least they used to be.
The focus here though remains “true to form”, or indeed “true to type”, as both expressions are used with fair frequency. It means, once again, that someone is behaving in a way you expect them to, because you have seen them done it many times before.
It’s worth noting, however, that this expression is more often used with sarcasm or in situations of which you’re critical, i.e. in situations where people keep behaving in a certain way and you don’t like it. Peter is never punctual, for instance, and he was late again for a meeting yesterday. That’s when you can say: Peter, true to form, was late again.
Alright, without further ado, let’s see a few examples:
1. So, how does U.S. News & World Report decide that Harvard and Princeton rank as America’s top “national universities”?
True to form, the news magazine's annual ranking of the best colleges, released Tuesday, is top-heavy with Ivy League schools. (Harvard and Princeton tied for the coveted No. 1 spot, and the six other “ivies” also made the grade.) And while the rest of the list also contains few surprises, the exhaustive methodology behind the rankings is shrouded in a bit more mystery.
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