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wrong: All of the living creatures start learning
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correct: All living creatures we dont use the or of the when we refer to people or things in general
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wrong: thank you again for all start learning
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correct: thank you again for everything all is not normally used on its own as a pronoun, when used as a pronoun it is followed by a qualifier eg.: thank you again for all you have done, all im trying to do is help you all my life, all night, this is an exception, because it relates to time
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wrong: my brothers work both for start learning
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correct: my brothers both work for Gibson Mortimer both is immediately before the main verb
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wrong: my brothers both are start learning
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correct: my brothers are both accountants the exception is when the main verb is be
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wrong: we all have seen a road accident start learning
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correct: we have all seen a road accident at some time in our lives when the verb phrase has two or more part eg. have seen, could describe, all, both, each normally go immediately after the first part
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wrong: he said that the money was not able to be refunded start learning
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correct: he said that the money could not be refunded the subject of be able unable to is usually a person not a thing
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above and over can be used interchangeably when we mean ‘higher than a particular level eg. children above the age of 8, temperatures above 100 degrees centigrade
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correct: absent from work
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we use absolutely before adjectives which already contain ‘very’ as part of their meaning eg. absolutely awful, fascinating
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we use as to show that two actions take place at exactly the same time start learning
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Henry came in as Philip came out. As/While I was cooking the dinner, Rubiah was having a bath.
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wrong: The accident ruined our holiday, as well as cost us a lot of money start learning
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correct: The accident ruined our holiday, as well as costing us a lot of money when we use a verb after as well as we use the ing form
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wrong: bettica plays both the piano as well as the guitar start learning
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correct: bettina plays both the piano and the guitar
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wrong: the ashamed look on her face start learning
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correct: the look of shame on her face ashamed is not used before a noun
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wrong: until then, i had never considered to choose teaching as a career start learning
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correct: until then, i had never considered choosing teaching as a career
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wrong: Not once he complained about anything start learning
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correct: Not once did he complain about anything some adverbs/adverbials have negative meaning eg: barely, neither, never, nor, rarely, on no account, the word order changes to that of a question eg. never have I, Rarely was he in his office
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wrong: only after she had met him she knew she could trust him start learning
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correct: only after she had met him did she know she could trust him. only + conjunction eg. only once, only if, only when, the word order in the main clause changes to that of a question
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wrong: Down the rain came, and we all ran back to the house start learning
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correct: Down came the rain, and we all ran back to the house
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wrong: On page 3 there is an advertisement about a new video camera start learning
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correct: on page 3 there is an advertisement for a new video camera.
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wrong: the little boy was lost and spoke in an afraid voice start learning
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correct: the little boy was lost and spoke in a frightened voice
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wrong: After three weeks i am going back to France start learning
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correct: In three weeks i am going back to France when we mean at the end ot, we use in not after
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wrong: The company is trying to solve its problem by reducing expenditure. (not acceptable in American) start learning
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correct: The company are trying to solve their problem by reducing expenditure.
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wrong: The police is investigating the incident start learning
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correct: The police are investigating the incident
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wrong: the news are always bad nowadays start learning
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correct: the news is always bad nowadays
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wrong: some of the fruit were going bad start learning
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correct: some of the fruit was going bad
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wrong: two thirds of the money were spent on laboratory equipment start learning
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correct: two thirds of the money was spent on laboratory equipment the verb should agree with the noun
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wrong: every one of us were given a prize start learning
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correct: every one of us was given a prize
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wrong: poorer countries in the region are receiving more foreign aids start learning
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correct: poorer countries in the region are receiving more foreign aid aid means money, equipment, food, it is an uncountable noun and does not have a plural form
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wrong: the medical team has been sent with the aim to train local staff start learning
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correct: the medical team has been sent with the aim of training local staff
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we use could when we talk about someone’s general ability eg. could swim start learning
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when we talk about someone managing to do something on a particular occasion, we use be able or manage
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wrong: as you can know, we have only two weeks to write the report start learning
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correct: as you may know, we have only two weeks to write the report to express possibility, we use may possible, might, possible but slightly doubtful, could, possible but doubtful, can is not used for this purpose
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we feel something is important
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look after, would you care for a chocolate, meaning: would you like...?
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wrong: i suggest that an extra lane is built to cater to cyclists start learning
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correct: i suggest that an extra lane is built to cater for cyclists it means try to satisfy need or desires
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wrong: the chances of a newborn baby to survive are much better now start learning
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correct: the chances of a newborn baby surviving are much better now
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