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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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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Threw = past of “throw”

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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💁 These are all SINGULAR indefinite pronouns:

- 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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✳️Anecdote = a short, amusing story

✳️Antidote = a cure, remedy

Jo told 👩💬 an *anecdote* about buying an *antidote* from a monkey.

👩💵 🐒💊💉

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🔴FACT:

We should bear in mind, however, that there are other suns and moons in the universe, and when we refer to these they might not be considered as unique:

-The planet Mars has two moons.
-Every solar system has a sun.

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✳️Noisome = having an offensive smell 💩👃🤢

✳️Fulsome = excessively flattering or praising 😗👏

✳️Winsome = charming 🎩✨

✳️Cumbersome = burdensome

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👨‍💻💬 The h in “hospital” is pronounced, so

an hospital → ❌

a hospital → ✔️

👩‍💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so

a hour → ❌

an hour → ✔️

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✳️Sallow = unhealthy looking: Jo looks sick; her skin is *sallow* and clammy. 🙍💦

✳️Shallow = not deep: Swim in the *shallow* end of the pool. 🏊

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Looking for words to describe a talkative/wordy person? 👨💬💬💬

• garrulous
• loquacious
• verbose
• diffuse
• effusive
• voluble

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“I need to GO BAD.” = I need to become evil. 😈 #slang

“I need to GO BADLY!” = I have to use the restroom RIGHT NOW!

🚹 🏃💨💨💨

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❌Never refer to people with “which”:

“Salman was a man which was driven by desperation.” → ❌

💁 Use *who* or *that* instead. ✔️

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🔴Let’s = let us: Let’s get coffee! ☕️
🔴Lets = allows: He lets us play games. 🎮
🔴Lest = in case: Ali brought a book lest his flight be delayed.

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“Children” and “men” are already plural, so their possessive forms are *children’s* and *men’s* (not “childrens’” or “mens’”).

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