Some 'Instagram teachers' are FLABBERGASTING, you know. The wa | Ozodbek Botiraliyev

Some "Instagram teachers" are FLABBERGASTING, you know. The way they teach you new vocabulary is, like, way off.

Yesterday, I saw a video where some Instagram blogger is teaching "advanced alternatives" for everyday simple words. They were:

Flabbergasted for amazed, preliminary for previous, top-notch for great, and sophisticated for difficult.

Now, at first glance, there's nothing wrong with these words, but the way he presented them was totally incorrect. You can't tell people there's absolutely no difference between "previous" and "preliminary", or between "difficult" and "sophisticated", because there actually is a big difference between these combos. Here's a few examples:

1) Otabek is a very difficult person to deal with.
2) Sadly, I couldn't pass my History exams the previous year.
3) It would be great if we could visit Samarqand this summer.

I challenge you to change these adjectives in the examples above into sophisticated, previous, and top-notch without being laughed at. In reality, it's actually very difficult (not sophisticated) to find the absolute synonym for a word.

Long story short, be careful who you follow on Instagram. Better still, follow credible teachers with experience and a good grasp of English such as ozodbek_ielts.

Have a top-notch day, everyone.

@ozodbek_SK