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A daily dose of new English words, grammar and phrases to speak fluently. Bot: @EnglishTipsandTools_bot
Adaptor = adapter → ✔️
Advisor = adviser → ✔️
Impostor = imposter → ✔️
(It’s not a 🇺🇸 vs. 🇬🇧 thing; it’s a matter of preference.)
#spelling
Have ants in your pants
#idiomatic_expressions
Childish = like a child, but in a negative way (immature, silly)
Childlike = like a child, but positive (pure, innocent) 👼
#vocabulary
✅ cheat sheet
a sheet containing information (such as test answers) used secretly for cheating
✅ crib (sheet)
1- (n) something used for cheating in an examination.
2- (v) to use a crib
THE cinema, THE theatre, THE radio
Television
#Grammar
Should of → ❌
Could of → ❌
Would of → ❌
Should have → ✔️
Should’ve → ✔️
Could have → ✔️
Could’ve → ✔️
Would have → ✔️
Would’ve → ✔️
Continually = happening repeatedly (with breaks)
Continuously = repeating nonstop 🔂
#vocabulary
“Data” 📈 is technically the plural of “datum,” but “data” is now used as a singular or plural noun.
So,
The data IS → ✔️
The data ARE → ✔️
📌I'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.
📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.
#Grammar