“Semiannual” = occurring twice a year.

“Biennial” = occurring every two years.

“Biannual” can mean both, so avoid using it if you can.

Annual - 1 year
Biennial - 2 years
Triennial - 3 years
Quadrennial - 4 years
Quinquennial - 5 years
Sexennial - 6 years
Septennial - 7 years
Octennial - 8 years
Novennial - 9 years
Decennial - 10 years

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

Kid = (v.) deceive (someone) in a playful or teasing way

#Vocabulary

Adaptor = adapter → ✔️

Advisor = adviser → ✔️

Impostor = imposter → ✔️

(It’s not a 🇺🇸 vs. 🇬🇧 thing; it’s a matter of preference.)

BEAR hand = 🐻 hand

BEER hand = 🍺 hand

BARE hand = ✋🏻

SINGULAR → PLURAL:

Knife 🔪 → knives. 🔪🔪

Wife 👰 → wives. 👰👰

Life → lives.

However,

Fife (a flute) → *fifes*, not “fives.”

#Grammar

- pronunciation of "-S" endings

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

#Grammar

🆚 device vs. devise 🆚

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

#Vocabulary

🆚 device vs. devise 🆚

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

#Vocabulary

“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/

#Vocabulary

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

#Vocabulary

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

#Vocabulary

✴️ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

#Grammar

✳️ - 5 alternative ways to talk about the future

#Grammar

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

#idiomatic_expressions

🖋🖌🖍 - Compound adjectives - hyphen

#Grammar

🖋🖌🖍 - Compound adjectives - hyphen

#Grammar

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

#Grammar