✍ "In spite of" and "despite" mean the same thing, but "despite" usually sounds more formal.

Prophecy [PROF-uh-see] (n.) = prediction

Prophesy [PROF-uh-sigh] (v.) = to predict

We *prophesied* 👩🔮 that you would have a great week. 🙌

✍✍To correct the common misunderstanding about

[ in time - on time]

1- We use IN TIME to mean early enough.
2- We use ON TIME to mean at the exact time.
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HOWEVER , using ON TIME implies that there was a prior arrangement to do something.

We can say : I arrived ON TIME for the meeting.
WHEREAS : Using " In time" means in a good time to do something WITHOUT the need for a prior arrangement.

So we can say :-
The police arrived( just) IN TIME to catch the thief.
BUT : We cannot say : The police arrived on time to catch the thief. [ For some reason , There is no prior arrangement between policemen and thieves who are to be caugh.

Don't say : The firemen arrived on time to put off the fire.✘✘✘
Say : They arrived (just) in time to put off the fire. ✔️✔️✔️

✍If “hypocritical” and “sanctimonious” are too plain for you, try “Pecksniffian”: pretending to be virtuous and moral.

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The same word used as different parts of speech.
Always remember that it is the function or use that determines to which part of speech a word belongs in a given sentence.

🔴Any
Adjective. — Are there any witnesses present?
Pronoun. — Does any of you know anything about it?
Adverb. — Is that any better?

🔴As
Adverb. — We walked as fast as we could.
Conjunction. — As he was poor I helped him.
Pron. — She likes the same color as I do.

🔴Before
Adverb. — I have seen you before.
Preposition. — He came before the appointed time.
Conjunction. — He went away before I came.

🔴Better
Adjective. — I think yours is a better plan.
Adverb. — I know better.
Noun. — Give place to your betters.
Verb. — The boxes with which he provided me bettered the sample.

🔴Both
Adjective. — You cannot have it both ways.
Pronoun. — Both of them are dead.
Conjunction. — Both the cashier and the accountant are Saudis.

🔴mine
pronoun.--is a possessive pronoun, being a possessive form of I. It can refer to a singular or plural noun, and it can be used as the subject, object, or complement of a verb or the object of a preposition:
The glass on the left is mine. ♦️ Your hands aren't as big as mine.
noun.— a large hole or tunnel in the ground from which people take coal, gold etc
verb.--to dig a large hole or tunnel in the ground in order to get coal, gold etc

Pending = awaiting conclusion: His decision is still *pending*. ⏳

Impending = about to happen: Dark clouds signal an *impending* storm. ☁☁☔

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Widow = woman 👩 whose spouse has died

Widower = man 👨 whose spouse has died

Dowager = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse

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In American English 🇺🇸, “license” is both a noun and a verb.

In British English 🇬🇧, “licence” is a noun, and “license” is a verb.

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