I like to read. → ✔️

I like reading. → ✔️

He dislikes singing. → ✔️

However,

He DISLIKES TO sing. → ❌

#Grammar

SINGULAR → PLURAL:

Knife 🔪 → knives. 🔪🔪

Wife 👰 → wives. 👰👰

Life → lives.

However,

Fife (a flute) → *fifes*, not “fives.”

#Grammar

“Motherly,” “lonely,” “friendly,” “neighborly,” and “lovely” are some -ly words that are NOT adverbs. 🙅

They’re ADJECTIVES. 💡

#Vocabulary

🔴More phrases and idioms :

✳️in the black
If a person or a company is in the black, their assets are greater than their debts.

✳️in the red
If a person or a company is in the red, their debts are greater than their assets.

✳️in the dark
if you are in the dark about something,it means you know NOTHING!

✳️in the long run
in the long run MEANS over a long period of time.

#idiomatic_expressions

✳️DRIER (adj.) = more dry.

✳️DRYER (n.) = machine that dries clothes, hair, etc.

My dryer makes my hair drier than the Sahara Desert. ☀

#Vocabulary

🔴"Far cry from” = very different from

#idiomatic_expressions

Workout → noun: My *workout* at the gym was intense. 💪💦

Work out → verb phrase: *Work out* this problem: 1⃣ ➕ 1⃣ =❓; Let’s *work out*! 🏋

Do NOT add apostrophes to possessive pronouns! 🙅

His → ✔

His’ / His’s → ❌

Ours → ✔

Our’s / Ours’ → X

Yours → ✔

Your’s → ❌

#Grammar

Confluence = where two rivers meet; act of merging ↗↖

Influence = (n.) control; authority; (v.) affect, guide, sway

Affluence = wealth 💰

#Vocabulary

Noticeable → ✔

Noticable → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

Definitely → ✔

Definately → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

Separate → ✔

Seperate → ❌. (ಠ_ಠ)

The plural of “gymnasium” is “gymnasiums” 🏀 or “gymnasia.”

The same idea applies to “stadium”: both “stadiums” ⚽ and “stadia” are correct.

#Grammar

Should of → ❌

Could of → ❌

Would of → ❌

Should have → ✔️

Should’ve → ✔️

Could have → ✔️

Could’ve → ✔️

Would have → ✔️

Would’ve → ✔️

#Grammar

The plural of “forum” is “forums” or “fora.”

“Fora” sounds cooler, but if you want people to get what you’re talking about, use “forums.”

#Vocabulary

✳️Differences between

BEING and BEEN

These words are often confused by ESL students. Although they are both forms of the primary auxiliary verb be, they are used in different grammatical structures.

The word been is the past participle form of be. It is used after have.

1)I have been to Australia.
2)The postman has already been.

The word being is the present participle form of the verb be. It is not used after have. As a rule, being is used after a form of be (is, am, are, was, were).

▪He is being sick. (= He is vomiting.) (NOT He has being sick.)
▪Who is being a silly baby, then?
▪I was being careful.
▪Being as a Noun

The word ‘being’ can also be a noun.

The word being can be used as a noun. As a noun being means a person or a living creature. Supernatural beings refer to spirits or gods.

▪Examples are: human beings, social beings, supernatural beings, living beings etc.

The structure be + being can be followed by an adjective or noun.

▪He was being careful.
▪She was being silly.

This structure is used to talk about actions and behaviors. It is not normally used to talk about feelings.

#Grammar

✳️Inequity = unfairness:
As CEO, Joe fixed the *inequity* in wages. 💵

✳️Iniquity = immoral act:
He was punished for his many *iniquities*. 🙈🙉🙊

#Vocabulary