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2021-11-05 17:35:59 Word Of The Day


Ways to say “ PLEASE “


If you would be so kind
Can you pass me that salt, if you would be so kind.

If you don’t mind
We’ll start now, if you don’t mind.

Kindly
Kindly send your response by the end of the day.

If that’s alright with you
We need to finish that in an hour, if that’s alright with you.

I’d love it if you could
I’d love it if you could help me here.



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2021-11-05 09:18:50


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2021-11-04 18:50:51 Everybody should 1-....... gardening as a hobby. We can all get 2-...... to nature. Thousands of years ago we all did a bit of gardening. It’s one of the most relaxing hobbies I can think of. It’s also very 3-...... . I get very excited about gardening. I love planting 4-...... and then letting nature 5-...... over. It’s amazing how 6-...... things grow. Before you know it, your seeds are beautiful flowers. You also 7-..... a lot about flowers, vegetables, 8-...... and trees. Of course, gardening is also very practical. If you grow vegetables, you can eat what you grow. Vegetables 9-...... fresh from your garden really do taste better than the ones in the shops. Gardening is good for you. It makes you feel 10-...... of the Earth.


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2021-11-04 18:50:44 PODCAST : Gardening


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2021-11-04 09:23:12 Misuse of adjectives that can't be compared


My work is more perfect than his.
My work is superior to his.
My work is better than his.


Note: Certain adjectives can't be compared perfect, unique, preferable, supreme, right, correct, etc.



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2021-11-04 09:23:08 Fewer , less


When a runner is on third base in baseball with less than two outs.

When a runner is on third base in baseball with fewer than two outs.


Note: We use fewer for countable items, situations in which you would ask “how many?” We use “less”



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2021-11-04 09:23:05 Using “explain” incorrectly


Can you explain me the grammar?

Can you explain the grammar to me?


Note: Many verbs can be followed by an indirect object pronoun and then a direct object. So we can say, “My friend gave me a ride to class,” “I bought my son a video game,” or “The manager of the restaurant gave us a free appetizer.”


Note: But not all verbs follow this pattern. We cannot follow the verbs explain, describe, and recommend with an indirect object and then a direct object.


Note: Instead we follow this word order:

explain/describe/recommend SOMETHING to SOMEONE

Please explain the problem to me.

I recommend that restaurant to all of my friends.

Marvin had trouble describing his symptoms to his physician.



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2021-11-04 09:23:00 Preposition


After seeing that documentary, I sympathise for the folks suffering from Zika.

After seeing that documentary, I sympathise with the folks suffering from Zika.



Note: The word “sympathise” takes the preposition “with” , never the preposition “for”.



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