- pronunciation of "-S" endings

- We appreciate YOU contacting the office. ✔️
vs.
- We appreciate YOUR contacting the office. ✔️

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🆚 device vs. devise 🆚

- device (noun) /dɪˈvaɪs/
- devise (verb, noun) /dɪˈvaɪz/

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🆚 device vs. devise 🆚

- device (noun) /dɪˈvaɪs/
- devise (verb, noun) /dɪˈvaɪz/

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“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes

- undermine (verb) /ˌʌndə(r)ˈmaɪn/

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- undermine (verb) /ˌʌndə(r)ˈmaɪn/ - synonyms for 'undermine'

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Pizza delivery 🍕🍕🍕
⚪️ - box tent - also known as 'package saver', 'pizza saver', 'pizza table' or 'pizza lid support'

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✴️ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

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✳️ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

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◾️◼️ ⬛️ - fly/go off at/on a tangent /ˈtændʒ(ə)nt/

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🖋🖌🖍 - Compound adjectives - hyphen

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🖋🖌🖍 - Compound adjectives - hyphen

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- To hyphenate or not to hyphenate compound adjectives
- exceptions
~ -ly adverbs

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- To hyphenate or not to hyphenate compound adjectives
- exceptions
~ -ly adverbs

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🖋🖌🖍 - Compound adjectives - hyphen
- I saw a man-eating alligator.
vs.
- I saw a man eating alligator.

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😁😎 - Compound adjectives - hyphen
"a ferocious man-eating jungle beast"

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discuss about❌❌❌

The verb discuss is never used with the preposition about. It is simply followed by a direct object:

✗ I would like to discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of students using credit cards.
✓ I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of students using credit cards.

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Homeworks → ❌

Homework → ✔️

Homework assignments → ✔️

Vocabs → ❌

Vocab words → ✔️

Vocabulary words→ ✔️

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Don’t begin a question
with “May you …?”❌

Begin with “Would you,” “Could you,” or “Can you” if you’re asking someone a question.

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