It is used frequently in newspapers and novels.

A typical usage is to describe your personal items on the desk in your office such as your family photo.

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• consummate, foods, food, paraphernalia -淘金客- ♂ (995 bytes) () 02/07/2013 postreply 14:07:30

• 看來paraphernalia也許可更泛用一些，隻是看了眾多例句，少有真把它和belongings等同， -淘金客- ♂ (33 bytes) () 02/07/2013 postreply 19:25:59

• Hmmm, may be I was reading too fast on "consummate" -bmdn- ♀ (131 bytes) () 02/08/2013 postreply 07:44:19

• this is exactly how it should be used -bmdn- ♀ (358 bytes) () 02/08/2013 postreply 07:41:05

• Clear and loud.:) -hammerheadshark- ♀ (2804 bytes) () 02/08/2013 postreply 14:49:47

• One more thing before I leave. About "food" and "foods" -hammerheadshark- ♀ (1064 bytes) () 02/08/2013 postreply 15:05:28