✳️A PART = one part
Hard work 💪💦 is *a part* of success. 🏆🏋
✳️APART = away from each other; separately
It’s hard 😭 to be *apart* from you. 💔
#Vocabulary
Hard work 💪💦 is *a part* of success. 🏆🏋
✳️APART = away from each other; separately
It’s hard 😭 to be *apart* from you. 💔
#Vocabulary
The plural of “antenna” is *antennas* for phones📱, radios 📻, and TVs.
It’s *antennae* for the sensors on insects’ 🐜 and lobsters’ heads.
#Vocabulary
It’s *antennae* for the sensors on insects’ 🐜 and lobsters’ heads.
#Vocabulary
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✳️Diffuse [dih-FYOOS] = to spread out
✳️Defuse [dee-FYOOZ] = to disarm a bomb 💣; to reduce tension
#Vocabulary
✳️Defuse [dee-FYOOZ] = to disarm a bomb 💣; to reduce tension
#Vocabulary
“Paper tiger” = one who looks and acts tough but is actually weak 🗞🐯
Most bullies are just *paper tigers*: they’re mean but weak.
#idiomatic_expressions
Most bullies are just *paper tigers*: they’re mean but weak.
#idiomatic_expressions
CAN’T hardly → ❌.
CAN’T barely → ❌.
CAN’T scarcely → ❌.
They’re double 🙅🙅 negatives.
CAN hardly → ✔.
CAN barely → ✔.
CAN scarcely → ✔.
#Grammar
CAN’T barely → ❌.
CAN’T scarcely → ❌.
They’re double 🙅🙅 negatives.
CAN hardly → ✔.
CAN barely → ✔.
CAN scarcely → ✔.
#Grammar
Six years worth → ❌
Six years’ worth → ✔
Six weeks worth → ❌
Six weeks’ worth → ✔
The job requires *45 years’ worth* of experience. 😧
#Grammar
Six years’ worth → ✔
Six weeks worth → ❌
Six weeks’ worth → ✔
The job requires *45 years’ worth* of experience. 😧
#Grammar
“Each” is singular, so
each others’ → ❌
each other’s → ✔️
Staring into *each other’s* eyes 👀, we ate *each other’s* fries. 🍟
#Grammar
each others’ → ❌
each other’s → ✔️
Staring into *each other’s* eyes 👀, we ate *each other’s* fries. 🍟
#Grammar
👨💻💬 The h in “hospital” is pronounced, so
an hospital → ❌
a hospital → ✔️
👩💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so
a hour → ❌
an hour → ✔️
an hospital → ❌
a hospital → ✔️
👩💻💬 In “hour,” the “h” is silent, so
a hour → ❌
an hour → ✔️