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What is the difference between a TV series and a serial?
What is the difference between a TV series and a serial? Is one merely a subset of the other? Perhaps the difference is largely semantic. Or...
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AMONG and AMONGST
AMONG and AMONGST are both prepositions meaning in the midst of, surrounded by, in the company of, or in association with.  "The key wa...
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🚨 Commonly Confused Words 🚨 - Read, Practise, Revise!
➡ 1. Confusing Words p1 - This worksheet contains 40 exercises to practice confusing words.  - Homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, verbs vs. n...
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Peculiar Vocabulary - ENORMITY
It seems simple enough, isn't? ‘Enormity’ is so close to ‘enormous’ that they must be synonyms. Right? Wrong! 😳 Enormity means - extrem...
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📞 CALL vs CALL TO
⛔ I called to my friend yesterday on the phone. (wrong)  ⛔ I called to the police (wrong)  Those are common mistakes. We almost never use TO...
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🇬🇧 THINK OF vs THINK ABOUT 🇬🇧
➡ Think OF = bear in mind/take into account/think quickly/consider  (usually works as a stative verb = can't be continuous)  - Think of ...
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✍🏻 COMMON MISTAKE: ON TIME or IN TIME?
● On time = punctual ⏰ - Class starts at 2.30am. Please be on time (punctual) because I like to start "on the dot" (=exactly at 2....
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DIFFERENT USES OF THE WORD - YET
Some of my students asked about the various uses of this word. So here we go then ladies and gentlemen 😎 🤘🏻  YET - Non-affirmative word  ...
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KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY
KEEP AT BAY and HOLD AT BAY are two renditions of an idiom that has been in use since the mid-1700s. "The government hopes to keep infl...
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Fall or fall down?
We can use fall as a noun or a verb. It means:  1. suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground unintentionally or accidentally 2....
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TRICKY VOCABULARY - EMBARRASSED & Necessary
Along with pronunciation and grammar, one of the biggest challenges for English language learners is vocabulary. ☝🏻 You may not struggle wi...
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