Avoid making double negatives with “neither … nor”:
He DOESN’T eat NEITHER mice NOR bugs. → ❌
He eats 🤐 NEITHER mice 🐭 NOR bugs. 🐛 → ✔️
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He DOESN’T eat NEITHER mice NOR bugs. → ❌
He eats 🤐 NEITHER mice 🐭 NOR bugs. 🐛 → ✔️
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✳️ONE-TIME = happening just once.
I paid the one-time activation fee. 📱💸
✳️ONETIME = former.
We met the onetime celebrity at the café. 😎☕
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I paid the one-time activation fee. 📱💸
✳️ONETIME = former.
We met the onetime celebrity at the café. 😎☕
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💥EXCEPTIONABLE = offensive:
He was criticized for his *exceptionable* comments.
💥EXCEPTIONAL = outstanding:
My essay is *exceptional*.
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He was criticized for his *exceptionable* comments.
💥EXCEPTIONAL = outstanding:
My essay is *exceptional*.
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“Barely no” is a double negative. So are “hardly no” and “scarcely no.”
Change “no” to *any*: There is *barely any* ice cream left. 🍨
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Change “no” to *any*: There is *barely any* ice cream left. 🍨
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✳️Improve = make or become better
✳️Improvise = perform without preparation
The band *improved* its live shows by learning to *improvise*.
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✳️Improvise = perform without preparation
The band *improved* its live shows by learning to *improvise*.
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So far = up to now; to a limited extent: So far, I’ve read only one page. 📖
By far = to a great degree: She is the fairest by far. 👸🍎
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By far = to a great degree: She is the fairest by far. 👸🍎
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In American English 🇺🇸, “practice” is both a noun and a verb.
In British English 🇬🇧, “practice” is a noun, and “practise” is a verb.
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In British English 🇬🇧, “practice” is a noun, and “practise” is a verb.
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Annual - 1 year
Biennial - 2 years
Triennial - 3 years
Quadrennial - 4 years
Quinquennial - 5 years
Sexennial - 6 years
Septennial - 7 years
Octennial - 8 years
Novennial - 9 years
Decennial - 10 years
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Biennial - 2 years
Triennial - 3 years
Quadrennial - 4 years
Quinquennial - 5 years
Sexennial - 6 years
Septennial - 7 years
Octennial - 8 years
Novennial - 9 years
Decennial - 10 years
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Threw = past of “throw”
Through = into and out of
Thru = informal version of “through”
Thorough = complete
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Through = into and out of
Thru = informal version of “through”
Thorough = complete
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✳️“Emigrate” goes with *from*.
✳️“Immigrate” goes with *to*.
Jessica *emigrated from* America. 🇺🇸
She *immigrated to* South Korea. 🇰🇷
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✳️“Immigrate” goes with *to*.
Jessica *emigrated from* America. 🇺🇸
She *immigrated to* South Korea. 🇰🇷
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💁 These are all SINGULAR indefinite pronouns:
- someone
- somebody
- anyone
- anybody
- everyone
- everybody
- no one
- nobody
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- someone
- somebody
- anyone
- anybody
- everyone
- everybody
- no one
- nobody
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✳️For sale = available for purchase
✳️On sale = at a discounted price
Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.
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✳️On sale = at a discounted price
Wateen was happy when the expensive shoes went *on sale*.
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