🔘 How fluent speakers pronounce “can”

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Today's phrasal verbs are:

✳️Make after
✳️Make up for
✳️Make up

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🔘 Also 📌

🔗 1. Also is an adverb. It is used for adding another fact or idea to what you have already said.

◇Mary writes excellent short stories. She also likes to paint.
◇Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world. He is also a great philanthropist.
◇My brother is a good singer. He is also a great actor.
◇Coffee is a very popular beverage. It is also rich in antioxidants.

□Also can also be used for showing that what you have just said about someone or something is true about another person or thing.
◇John now works at the State Bank of India, where his father also worked for thirty years.

🔗2. Not only --- but also

○This is a relatively formal structure. When you use this structure don’t forget to put not only and but also before the words or expressions that they modify. Also make sure that the structure is parallel.
◇He was not only a great singer but also an accomplished pianist.
◇I was not only upset but also angry.
◇He not only misbehaved with the servants but also broke the windows and furniture.

🔗3. Not only can be moved to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis. It is then followed by auxiliary verb + subject. If there is no auxiliary verb, we use do / does / did.

◇Not only did he misbehave with the servants, but he also broke the windows and furniture. (NOT Not only he misbehaved with --)

○But can be left out in this case and then we separate the two clauses with a semi-colon.
◇Not only did he misbehave with the servants; he also broke the windows and furniture.

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Today's phrasal verbs are:

✳️ Break up
✳️ Add up
✳️ Talk away

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🔘 Also, as well and too📌

🔗 1. Also means 'besides', 'as well', 'too' and similar ideas. It normally goes in mid position with the verb. It is placed after auxiliary verbs and before other verbs.
The word also is used for adding another idea to something you have already said.

◇He got his article published. He also won an award.
◇She is a doctor. Her husband is also a doctor.
◇When they withdraw their forces, we shall also withdraw ours.
◇Janaki is a keen photographer.
She also likes to paint.
◇Some tablet computers can also be used to make phone calls.
◇Meera is hard-working. She is also quite ambitious.
◇I want to buy a pair of trousers. I also want to buy a shirt.

🔗 2. Also can also be used for showing that what you have said about somebody is true about another person.

◇Supriya is quite good at painting. Her sister is also an accomplished artist.
◇When also refers to the whole clause, it goes at the beginning.
◇I am not about to buy this house. It is small. Also, it needs a lot of repairs.

🔗 3. Also, As well and Too

■Also, as well and too have similar meanings. But they go in different positions in clauses.
As well and too usually go at the end of a clause.

◇She not only sings; she also plays the piano.
◇She not only sings; she plays the piano as well.
◇She not only sings; she plays the piano too.

●We do not normally use also in short answers and imperatives. Instead we use as well and too.
◇'I have a headache.' 'I have too.' (BUT NOT I also have.)

●In an informal style we use 'me too', instead of I am too.
◇'I am going home.' 'Me too.' (More natural than 'I am too.')

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🔵 Myself / yourself / themselves etc.

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Today's phrasal verbs are:

✳️ Pack away
✳️ Rap out
✳️ Come down with

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