Don’t use ALTHOUGH and BUT in the same sentence:

Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. → ❌

Delete one or the other.

#Grammar

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🔰running on empty

if you’re “running on empty”, you have no
energy, money, etc.

#idiomatic_expressions

Score = a group of 20 people or things

Score = 20
4 Score = 80
7 Years = 87

Don't say five scores; say five score

The plural form 'scores' means a large number of people or things. #vocabulary

FACT: It’s OK to use “while” as a synonym for “whereas.”

He likes tea *while* I like coffee. 👲🍵 ☕️👱

#fact

REFUSE [rih-FYOOZ] = (v.) say no; decline.
REFUSE [REF-yoos] = (n.) trash; rubbish.

#vocabulary

SOW = plant seeds.

SEW = stitch.

REAP = harvest; gather.

RIP = tear.

You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.

You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.

#vocabulary

📌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.

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UBIQUITOUS = everywhere.

The letter “u” is ubiquitous in *UbiqUitoUs*: it’s at the beginning, middle, and end.

"Bacteria are ubiquitous in nature." Remembering this sentence may help.

#vocabulary

Coordinating Conjunctions
And
But
Or
Nor
For
Yet
So
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Subordinating Conjunctions
Here's a list of some of the most common subordinating conjunctions:
after
although
as
as if
as long as
as much as
as soon as
as though
because
before
even
even if
even though
if
if only
if when
if then
inasmuch
in order that
just as
lest
now
now since
now that
now when
once
provided
provided that
rather than
since
so that
supposing
than
that
though
til
unless
until
when
whenever
where
whereas
where if
wherever
whether
which
while
who
whoever
why
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Correlative Conjunctions
both / and
not only / but also
either / or
neither / nor
whether / or
as / as
such / that
scarcely / when
as many / as
no sooner / than
rather / than

#Grammar