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❌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.
Although Jo is mean, but she is still my friend. → ❌
Delete one or the other.
SINGULAR → PLURAL:
Knife 🔪 → knives. 🔪🔪
Wife 👰 → wives. 👰👰
Life → lives.
However,
Fife (a flute) → *fifes*, not “fives.”
Knife 🔪 → knives. 🔪🔪
Wife 👰 → wives. 👰👰
Life → lives.
However,
Fife (a flute) → *fifes*, not “fives.”
4 = “four,” but it’s *FORTY*, not “fourty.”
9 = “nine,” but it’s *NINTH*, not “nineth.”
12 = “twelve,” but it’s *TWELFTH*, not “twelveth.”
40 is FORTY (not “fourty”) and 90 is NINETY (not “ninty”), but 4th is FOURTH (not “forth”) and 9th is NINTH (not “nineth”).
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9 = “nine,” but it’s *NINTH*, not “nineth.”
12 = “twelve,” but it’s *TWELFTH*, not “twelveth.”
40 is FORTY (not “fourty”) and 90 is NINETY (not “ninty”), but 4th is FOURTH (not “forth”) and 9th is NINTH (not “nineth”).
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✍ "In spite of" and "despite" mean the same thing, but "despite" usually sounds more formal.