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@The_YUNiversity
In American English , “practice” is both a noun and a verb.
In British English , “practice” is a noun, and “practise” is a verb.
In British English , “practice” is a noun, and “practise” is a verb.
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@The_YUNiversity
PAIL = bucket
PALE = light in color
PEAL = ringing of bells
PEEL = fruit skin
PAL = buddy
PALL = funeral cloth
APPALL = horrify
PALE = light in color
PEAL = ringing of bells
PEEL = fruit skin
PAL = buddy
PALL = funeral cloth
APPALL = horrify
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ALBEIT → [awl-BEE-it], not [awl-BEYT] = although, even if.
Jo’s pal ate tasty, *albeit* unhealthy, food. pic.twitter.com/kT8wXu9EgP
Jo’s pal ate tasty, *albeit* unhealthy, food. pic.twitter.com/kT8wXu9EgP
Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
ABSTRUSE = hard to understand.
OBTUSE = nice way of saying “stupid.”
Jo never talks about ABSTRUSE matters with OBTUSE people.
… …
OBTUSE = nice way of saying “stupid.”
Jo never talks about ABSTRUSE matters with OBTUSE people.
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Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
Use “karat” for gold (a 14-KARAT ring).
Use “carat” for gems (a one-CARAT diamond).
CARET = ^
CARROT = orange-colored vegetable
Use “carat” for gems (a one-CARAT diamond).
CARET = ^
CARROT = orange-colored vegetable
Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
I feel like the interrobang is too panicked
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Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
Don’t use ALTHOUGH and BUT in the same sentence:
Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. →
Delete one or the other.
#grammar
Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. →
Delete one or the other.
#grammar
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ABSTRUSE = hard to understand.
OBTUSE = nice way of saying “stupid.”
Jo never talks about ABSTRUSE matters with OBTUSE people.
… …
OBTUSE = nice way of saying “stupid.”
Jo never talks about ABSTRUSE matters with OBTUSE people.
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Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
How to Be Productive Using the Pomodoro Technique
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bit.ly/1P15KDy pic.twitter.com/fY8Iu1Hh07
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Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
“Salt of the earth” = honorable and dependable people.
Jo and her family are the *salt of the earth*: everyone respects them.
#idiom
Jo and her family are the *salt of the earth*: everyone respects them.
#idiom
Grammar YUNiversity
@The_YUNiversity
Don’t begin a question with “May you …?”
Begin with “May I,” “Could you,” or “Can you,” “Did you,” etc. instead.
*May I* play games?
Begin with “May I,” “Could you,” or “Can you,” “Did you,” etc. instead.
*May I* play games?
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fakhright
@fakhright
astaghfirullah peng.krim guaaaaaaaa..............a *salto sambil solat*
