A squinting modifier (also called two-way modifier) is a type of misplaced modifier.

- have dibs on something / put one's dibs on something

🔘 The INSTRUMENT is an object that is not the doer of the action but something that the doer uses in performing the action. If it is mentioned in the PASSIVE sentence, it is preceded by the preposition WITH.

✳️ He was HIT BY a falling branch while walking in the woods. —-> A falling branch hit him while he was walking in the woods.
✴️ He was HIT WITH a branch while walking in the woods. —-> Someone hit him with a branch while he was walking in the woods.

✳️ The pigeons were DISPERSED BY a tourist walking past. —-> A tourist walking past dispersed the pigeons.
✴️ The crowds were DISPERSED WITH tear gas. —-> The police dispersed the crowds with tear gas.

When EACH follows a noun or pronoun in certain sentences:

► The women each gave her approval. ❌
► The women each gave their approval. ✔️

► The words are and there each ends with a silent vowel. ❌
► The words are and there each end with a silent vowel. ✔️

Realize 🇺🇸 = Realise 🇬🇧

Analyze 🇺🇸 = Analyse 🇬🇧

Recognize 🇺🇸 = Recognise 🇬🇧

Apologize 🇺🇸 = Apologise 🇬🇧

➡️ Expressions like "in three hours' time" refer to the FUTURE.

☑️ - I'll see you in two days.
☑️ - I'll see you in two days' time.

- He wrote the book in a month. ✔️
- He wrote the book in a month’s time. ❌

- different from - different than - different to

- take / make notes

- note-taking versus note-making

✳️“All but” =

1. everything except for: I’ve eaten ALL BUT two doughnuts. 🍩🍩

2. almost: The match is ALL BUT over; we’re going to win! ⚽️🏆

#Vocabulary

➡️ interest (noun)
► interest in something:
- My parents encouraged my INTEREST IN science. ✔️
► interest in doing something:
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST FOR PLAYING in their own countries? ❌
- What makes these footballers LOSE INTEREST IN PLAYING in their own countries? ✔️

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📌🛠🔐INTERESTED IN versus INTERESTED TO 📌🛠🔐

➡️ interested (adj.) - wanting to know about or take part in something
► interested in something:
- Joe’s always been INTERESTED IN politics. ✔️
► be interested to hear/know/learn/see/ find out etc:
- I’d be INTERESTED TO HEAR what you think. ✔️
🚫 Don’t use ‘interested to’ with verbs such as ‘have’ or ‘buy’. 🚫

#Grammar

▶️ Showing order of events – which happened first - past perfect + simple past ◀️

🆘 Tag questions - Under falling intonation on the tag question, negative sentences take affirmative tags, and vice versa:

✳️ 1. Tom is happy about his job, isn’t he? [ NOT is he? ]
✳️ 2. Tom is unhappy about his job, isn’t he? [ NOT is he? ]

✴️ 3. Tom is NOT happy about his job, is he? [ NOT isn’t he? ]
✴️ 4. Tom is NOT unhappy about his job, is he? [ NOT isn’t he? ]

#Grammar

- phrases - 1a) not the least - not in the least - not the least bit 1b) in the least 2) to say the least 3) least of all 4) not a bit = not one bit 5) not a bit of it

🖌 - idiom - ruffle someone's feathers🦉