Get it right: Information
Information is an uncountable noun, so:
▪ it is never used in the plural
▪ it never comes after an or a number
These information ✗
These informations ✗
Those information ✗
an information ✗
This information ✓ meaning ( singular or plural )
A lot of information ✓
A little information ✓
Some information ✓
All the information ✓
No information ✓
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If you want to talk about anything countable and information, you'll need to introduce another noun
Several pieces of information ✓
Five pages of information ✓
Information is an uncountable noun, so:
▪ it is never used in the plural
▪ it never comes after an or a number
These information ✗
These informations ✗
Those information ✗
an information ✗
This information ✓ meaning ( singular or plural )
A lot of information ✓
A little information ✓
Some information ✓
All the information ✓
No information ✓
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If you want to talk about anything countable and information, you'll need to introduce another noun
Several pieces of information ✓
Five pages of information ✓
VOCATION = a career or calling.
AVOCATION = a hobby.
Azzam is a police officer 👮 by *vocation*, but his *avocation* is painting. 🎨
AVOCATION = a hobby.
Azzam is a police officer 👮 by *vocation*, but his *avocation* is painting. 🎨
► [view or opinion]
►Don't refer to what someone thinks or believes about a particular subject as their 'point of view'. Refer to it as their 'view' or 'opinion':
-If you want my honest opinion, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [✔]
-If you want my honest view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [✔]
-If you want my honest point of view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [X]
►Don't refer to what someone thinks or believes about a particular subject as their 'point of view'. Refer to it as their 'view' or 'opinion':
-If you want my honest opinion, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [✔]
-If you want my honest view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [✔]
-If you want my honest point of view, I think our country will be a prosperous one. [X]
📌I'm used to killing snakes = I've killed a lot of snakes in my life.
📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.
📌I used to kill snakes = I killed snakes in the past, but not anymore.
► [up = down = along]
-She lives just up the street. [✔]
-She lives just down the street. [✔]
-She lives just along the street. [✔]
-She lives just up the street. [✔]
-She lives just down the street. [✔]
-She lives just along the street. [✔]
►►[clean something off/from something ]
-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints off the gun. [✔]
-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints from the gun. [✔]
-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints off the gun. [✔]
-He used a tissue to clean his fingerprints from the gun. [✔]
Fear → be afraid of someone or something
Scare → make someone be afraid
We *fear* rats. They *scare* us so much!
Scare → make someone be afraid
We *fear* rats. They *scare* us so much!
SOW = plant seeds.
SEW = stitch.
REAP = harvest; gather.
RIP = tear.
You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.
You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.
SEW = stitch.
REAP = harvest; gather.
RIP = tear.
You *reap* what you *sow*: 🌽, 🍅.
You *rip* what you *sew*: 👗, 👘.