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✖️Don't say: They stood outside of the door.

✔️Say: They stood outside the door.

🗯 During vs. While

The main difference between these two words is that during is followed by a noun, but while is ussually followed by a subject and a verb.

Examples

▪️"I don't always take notes during class."
▪️"They all took notes while the professor gave the lecture."
▪️"What did you discuss during dinner tonight?"
▪️"My friend made dessert while I cooked dinner."

🔶Idiom of the day :

📌Top-up


the act of putting more drinkin to someone's glass or cup:

🗣Your glass is nearly empty. Would you like a top-up 🍷

📘Some and any


✔️She has some books.
✔️He did not buy any food.
✔️Did you buy any food?


❌There aren’t some books on the shelf.

✅There aren’t any books on the shelf.

✖️Don't say: I showed to her some of my stamps.

✔️Say: I showed some of my stamps to her.

📃 Try

▪️Try on means to put clothing, shoes, or accessories on to see if they fit or if you like them.

I would never buy shoes without trying them on first.
Try this dress on. Lets see how it looks.

▪️Try out means to use a car or other equipment to see how well you handle it or if you like it.

Your new camera looks awesome! Would you like to try it out?

▪️Try to/try and indicate an effort to do something that may not be easy.

Try to be here before eight o’clock./Try and be here before eight o’clock.

▪️Try + verb in -ing form (something) indicates a suggestion for solving a problem or problematical situation.

I can’t get the door open. Try turning the key in the other direction.

▪️I try is a way to express modesty after receiving a compliment.

You are a good cook! Thank you; I try.

✖️Don't say: Ian's been ill from last Friday.

✔️Say: Ian's been ill since last Friday.

Place the preposition "since" before words or phrases denoting a point in time: since Monday, since yesterday, since eight o'clock, since Christmas.
When we use since, the verb is usually in the present perfect tense, but it may be in the past perfect: I was glad to see Tom. I hadn't seen him since last Christmas.

Note: "From" can also denote a point in time, but it must be followed by "to" or "till": He works from eight o'clock till one o'clock without a break.

❌Don't say: I was absent one time or two times.

✔️Say: I was absent once or twice.

👉Use once and twice instead of one time and two times.

Prepositions often confused:
On, At, In. (Time.)

(a) On.
✖️Don't say: My uncle will arrive at Saturday.

✔️Say: My uncle will arrive on Saturday.

(b) At.
✖️Don't say: I usually get up on seven o'clock.

✔️Say: I usually get up at seven o'clock.

(c) In.
✖️Don't say: She goes for a walk at the afternoon.

✔️Say: She goes for a walk in the afternoon.

(1) Use "on" with the days of the week or month: on Friday, on March 25, on New Year's Day

(2) Use "at" with the exact time: at four o'clock, at dawn, at noon, at sunset, at midnight.

(3) Use "in" with a period of time in April, in winter, in 1945, in the morning

Also: at night and by day

Arrive at, not to:

✖️Don't say: We arrived to the village at night.

✔️Say: We arrived at the village at night.

Note : Use "arrive in" with countries and large cities: Mr Smith has arrived in London. (Or New York, India, etc.)

When one verb is followed by another, we use the -ing form or the infinitive (with or without to. The form of the second verb depends on the first verb 😉.

House and Home.
❌ Don't say: You should go to your house now.
✅ Say: You should go home now.

▪️ Take care not to say my house, his house, or your house when you should say home. A house is any building used for dwelling in, and home is the particular house in which someone is living.

📌 Note: Home may also denote one's own country When an Englishman abroad says: I'm going home this summer he means going to England

Examples:

- She can’t afford to lose that vote.
- They agree to leave at 10:30 am.
- They agree (that) they would leave at 10:30 am.
- We aim to launch next year.
- Keep me posted on what you decide to do.
- Your actions threaten to destroy everything we’ve worked for.

Travel by train, etc., not with the train, etc:

✖️Don't say: He traveled with the train yesterday.

✔️Say: He traveled by train yesterday.

Note: We say: by train, by boat, by plane, by bike; also, by land, by sea, by air, by bus; on a bus or in a bus; by car or in a car, by taxi or in a taxi; on horseback, on a donkey, on a bicycle; on foot.

Using "the other day" instead of "the next day", etc.

❌Don't say: David slept well and was better the other day.

✔️Say: David slept well and was better the next day (or on the following day).

💥Note: "The other day" is an idiom meaning "a few days ago": I met an old friend the other day.

☕️ “Not my cup of tea” ☕️

👉🏻🙅🏻Something that you do not like or are not interested in.


🌟Examples:

🌀A: Do you like rock music?
B: No, that kind of music isn’t my cup of tea.

🌀Some people love football, but it’s not my cup of tea. I prefer tennis.

📃 NEVER USE “TO” AFTER “ARRIVE”

Don’t say: We arrived to the airport.
Don’t say: When will you arrive to Rome?

The correct sentences are:

◾️We arrived at the airport.
◾️We got to the airport. (more informal)
◾️When will you arrive in Rome?

“Get to” is an informal way to say “arrive”… but don’t use “to” with the previous exceptions:

◾️I got home at midnight.
◾️What time did you get there?
◾️The dog got outside again.

👨🏻‍💻💬 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF "VERY"

● very noise 👉🏻deafening
● very often 👉🏻 frequently
● very old👉🏻 ancient
● very old- fashioned 👉🏻 archaic
● very open 👉🏻transparent
● very painful 👉🏻excruciating
● very pale 👉🏻 ashen
● very perfect 👉🏻 flawless
● very poor 👉🏻 destitute
● very powerful 👉🏻 compelling
● very pretty 👉🏻 beautiful
● very quick 👉🏻 rapid
● very quiet 👉🏻 hushed
● very rainy 👉🏻 pouring
● very rich 👉🏻 wealthy
● very sad 👉🏻sorrowful
● very scared 👉🏻petrified
● very scary 👉🏻chilling
● very serious 👉🏻grave
● very sharp 👉🏻keen
● very shiny 👉🏻 gleaming
● very short 👉🏻brief
● very shy 👉🏻 timid
● very simple 👉🏻basic

🔹Take one's mind off something

🔸to make you stop thinking or worrying about something

🔺A good night out will help you take your mind off exams.

📃 GIVE VS. GIVE AWAY

✏️ The verb give refers to transferring something to someone else:


▪️ Jen missed class yesterday – I’ll give her my notes so she can study.
▪️My best friend gave me a pair of headphones for my birthday.

✏️ The phrasal verb give away means to give for free something that would probably cost money in a normal situation:


▪️ When I bought a new computer, I gave away the old one. = I gave it to someone for free instead of selling it
▪️ The radio station is giving away two tickets to the rock concert.