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A daily dose of new English words, grammar and phrases to speak fluently. Bot: @EnglishTipsandTools_bot
The past tense of “speed” is SPED or SPEEDED.👍
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🌹By All Means: Yes Certainly, Definitely.
🌹By Any Means: To achieve a goal in any possible way, no matter how.
#Vocabulary
🔴"1.8K" or "2K" what do these k's stand for?
👉Think of kilometre, kilogram and kilobyte. The kilo prefix comes from the Greek meaning a thousand. In computing a kilobyte is really 1024 bytes but it is taken to be a thousand.
written abbreviation for ONE THOUSAND. 1k= 1000
✅Judicious = wise; prudent: Spend money 💸 judiciously.
✅Judicial = relating to court or justice: The ruling was political, not judicial. ⚖️
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💁 FACT: You don’t always need to put a comma before “but”:
The comma before but is NOT always necessary:
✍Ali is not tall but short.
✍When Ramzy is hungry, he does nothing but complain.
✍The Doctor would be in a good mood but for the rain.
#fact
ADDUCE = cite ✏️ as evidence.
INDUCE = persuade; cause; produce.
SEDUCE = allure 💋; tempt.
REDUCE = decrease. 📉
DEDUCE = reason; infer. 💭
#Vocabulary
🔴[badly]
►"badly" is used to emphasize how much you want, need, etc. somebody/something:
-The building is badly in need of repair. [✔️]
-They wanted to win so badly. [✔️]
-I miss her badly. [✔️]
I don’t give a DAM. = I don’t give a wall that holds back water.
I don’t give a DAMN. = I don’t care.
Please give a DAMN about spelling. 🙏
Doughnuts = Donuts.
“Doughnuts” is the traditional, more formal spelling.
“Donuts” was made popular by Dunkin’ Donuts.
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👨💻💬 Just a friendly reminder that
“acknowledgement” 🇬🇧 = “acknowledgment” 🇺🇸
and
“judgement” 🇬🇧 = “judgment.” 🇺🇸
They're all right. 👌
Six years worth → ❌
Six years’ worth → ✔️
Six weeks worth → ❌
Six weeks’ worth → ✔️
The job requires *45 years’ worth* of experience. 😧
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👦🏼🙏👦🏻 “Friendly” / “friendship” words:
- cordial
- congenial
- amicable
- gregarious
- affable
- camaraderie
- amity
#Vocabulary
1. Zero or First Conditional
2. First or Second Conditional
#Grammar
Use “nor” after a “not” statement:
I DO NOT play the violin 🎻, NOR do I play the sax. 🎷
Ali CAN NOT swim 🏊, NOR CAN he surf. 🏄
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Afterward = later, subsequently
Afterword = concluding section at the end of a book 📘
💁 They’re similar to “forward” and “foreword.”
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✳️ Wrote = past tense of “write” ✍️
✳️ Rote = memorization by repetition
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I wrote “definitely” 620 times and learned its spelling by rote.
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When you’re having a conversation with friends, you are *conversing* (not “conversating”) with them.
“Converse” = ✓
“Conversate” = X
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✳️FOREgo = go beFORE
✳️Forgo = go without; refrain from
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It may knot seam fare, but there are dozens of confusing words in the English language, and writers often fowl up when using them. It happens all the thyme. We use won word when we mean another. We make word errors day and knight! Eye will give yew a peace of advice:reed your work carefully and bee alert four these sneaky critters. I'd be embarrassed if I rote a paper with many goofs! Aye no ewe wood bee two.
Did you catch all the goofs?😁
✳️[make a meal of something]
Meaning:
►Exaggerate:
For example:
-He made a meal of the size of the enemy force.
-He exaggerated the size of the enemy force.
#idiomatic_expressions
⭕️What's the difference between 'if and in case'?
1-Call me if you need any help.
2-Call me in case you need any help.
➡️The first sentence tells you to call only when you need help, the second sentence tells you to call BEFORE you need help (and in this case may be to check whether or not you need help).
👩💻💬ℹ️️ If a sentence ends with “etc.” (an abbreviation), don’t add an extra period:
I want A, B, C, etc.. → ❌
I want A, B, C, etc. → ✔️
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💁 The plural of “scarf” can be either SCARFS or SCARVES.
The plural of “dwarf” can be either DWARFS (standard) or DWARVES (newer variant).
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Never underestimate the power of “yet.” 💪
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Accent = pronunciation; emphasis
Ascent = upward movement 📈
Assent = (n.) agreement; (v.) to agree
A scent = a smell 👃
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FORWARD 🇺🇸 = FORWARDS 🇬🇧
BACKWARD 🇺🇸 = BACKWARDS 🇬🇧
TOWARD 🇺🇸 = TOWARDS 🇬🇧
AFTERWARD 🇺🇸 = AFTERWARDS 🇬🇧
They’re all correct. 👍
You wear *pants*, not “a pant.” 👖
You cut with *scissors*, not “a scissor.” ✂️
If you can’t see well, you need *glasses*, not “a glass.” 👓
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👨💻💬 The h in “hospital” is pronounced, so
an hospital → ❌
a hospital → ✔️
👩💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so
a hour → ❌
an hour → ✔️