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🔍 Find out = to discover something you didn’t know before
🧠 Figure out = to understand or solve something by thinking
Examples:
🔹I found out she’s moving to London. (🔎 discovered a fact)
🔹I figured out how to fix the computer. (🛠 solved the problem)

😢Quick tip:
You find out information.
You figure out problems.

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✍If people cook and eat in the same room, it’s usually called a kitchen or kitchen-diner.

✍Kitchen – if the focus is mainly on cooking, even if there's a small table for eating.
✍Kitchen-diner – a combined space for both cooking and eating, common in modern homes or apartments.
✍Dining room – not the right term here, because a dining room doesn't have cooking equipment.

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2 hours vs 2-hour

What’s the difference?
⏱️ 2 hours = duration
The movie lasted 2 hours.
✏️ 2-hour = adjective (before a noun)
It was a 2-hour movie.
Rule:
Use a hyphen and singular form before a noun:
✔️ a 3-hour trip
❌ a 3-hours trip

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In English, using "by" + form of transportation is the way to say it. So, no definite (or indefinite) article is needed.

✓"By bus"
✗"By the bus"
✓"By bike"
✗ "By the bike"

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☝️ In British English, singular words like family, team, government, which refer to groups of people, can have either singular or plural verbs and pronouns.

🔹The team is/are going to lose.


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🔹 Comparative Adjectives: -er or More? 🤔

✅ Short adjectives → Add "-er"
🟢 small → smaller
🟢 fast → faster
🟢 happy → happier (y → ier)

✅ Long adjectives → Use "more"
🟢 expensive → more expensive
🟢 interesting → more interesting
🟢 comfortable → more comfortable

💡 Tip: If the adjective has one syllable (or two ending in -y), use -er. If it has two or more syllables, use more!

🔹 Challenge: Write a sentence using a comparative adjective in the comments!

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🔹 "A" or "An" with Adjectives? 🤔

✅ Use "A" before consonant sounds
🟢 a beautiful dress
🟢 a friendly person
🟢 a European country ("European" sounds like "yoo")

✅ Use "An" before vowel sounds
🟢 an interesting book
🟢 an old hotel
🟢 an honest man ("honest" starts with a silent "h")

💡 Tip: It’s about sound, not spelling!

🔹 Challenge: Write a sentence using a/an + adjective + noun in the comments!

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⭕️can’t help⭕️

If you say that you cannot/can’t help doing something (especially in British English), you mean that you can’t stop yourself, even if you don’t want to do it.

🔹She’s a selfish woman, but somehow you can’t help liking her.
🔹Excuse me – I couldn’t help overhearing what you said.
🔹Sorry I broke the cup – I couldn’t help it.

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Both “Is anybody home?” and “Is anybody at home?” are correct — but there's a small difference in style and usage.

✅ Is anybody home?

🔹More common in spoken English.
🔹Slightly more casual and natural.

Often used when knocking on a door or entering a house.

Example: Hello? Is anybody home?


✅ Is anybody at home?

🔹Slightly more formal.
🔹Can be used in writing or polite conversation.

Example: Do you know if anybody is at home this evening?


Conclusion: Use either, but “Is anybody home?” is more common in everyday speech.

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🧐What is a Direct Object?

🔹A direct object receives the action of the verb directly.

Formula:
Subject + Verb + Direct Object

She eats an apple.
(What does she eat? → an apple = direct object)

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🧐What is an Indirect Object?

🔸An indirect object is the person or thing that receives the direct object.

Formula:
Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object

He gave his friend a gift.
(What did he give? → a gift = direct object)
(To whom? → his friend = indirect object)


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Passive Structure with “Have”

🔹We use have + object + past participle to talk about things we arrange for someone else to do for us.
Examples:
✔ I had my car repaired.
✔ She had the computer fixed.
✔ They’ve had the windows repaired.
✔ He has had his trousers repaired.
✔ We had the carpets cleaned.

🔹This is useful for services like:
Repairs
Cleaning
Haircuts
Anything you pay someone to do!
Structure:
➡ have + object + V3 (past participle)


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🔹if you can do something
👉 it is doable
🔸if you can see something
👉 it is visible
🔹if you can hear something 
👉 it is audible
🔸if you can eat something
👉 it is edible
🔹if you can touch something
👉 it is tangible
🔸if you can drink something
👉 it is potable


if you can pause something 👉 is it possible?😊

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🔷Appreciable = noticeable:

🔹Coffee ☕️ has an appreciable amount of caffeine.

🔶Appreciative = grateful:

🔸I’m appreciative of your help. 👏🙆

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🔤 Person / People / Persons / Peoples — What's the difference?

📌 Person – one human
➡️ She is a kind person.

📌 People – more than one person (common plural)
➡️ Five people came to the party.

📌 Persons – formal/legal plural of person
➡️ No unauthorized persons allowed.
🧑‍⚖️ Used in laws, signs, or official contexts

📌 Peoples – groups of people from different nations or cultures
➡️ The peoples of Africa have diverse traditions.
🌍 Used when talking about ethnic groups

🧠 Tip: In everyday English, use people (not persons) as the plural of person.

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✨ CONDITIONAL LINKERS ✨
Improve your English by using these conditional linkers! They help express different conditions in sentences.
✅ IF → If you want, we’ll do it.
✅ EVEN IF → Even if it’s late, we can go.
✅ ONLY IF → Only if they agree, I’ll join the club.
✅ UNLESS → Unless you talk to her, she’ll leave.
✅ WHETHER → Whether we like it or not, they’re going to close.
✅ AS LONG AS → As long as you didn’t fail, we’d go on holiday.
✅ PROVIDED (THAT) → Provided they haven’t lied, we might find what we need.
✅ ON THE CONDITION (THAT) → On the condition that he behaved, his parents would give him the gift.
✅ SUPPOSING → Supposing you lost your ID, you could always get a provisional one.
✅ IN THE EVENT OF → In the event of a fire, everybody must go to the nearest exit.
Which one do you use the most? Comment below! ⬇️

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#english_usage After all

☑️ After all can mean ‘in spite of what was said before’ or ‘contrary to what was expected’.

👁‍🗨Position: usually at the end of a clause.

🔹I’m sorry. I know I said I would help you, but I can’t after all.
🔹I expected to fail the exam, but I passed after all.

☑️ Another meaning is ‘we mustn’t forget that …’, introducing an argument or reason which may have been forgotten.

👁‍🗨Position: at the beginning or end of a clause.

🔹Of course you’re tired. After all, you were up all night.
🔹Let’s finish the cake. Somebody’s got to eat it, after all.

☑️ After all does not mean ‘finally’, ‘at last’, ‘in the end’.

🔹After the theatre we had supper and went to a nightclub; then we finally went home. (NOT … after all we went home.)

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📌 "Fire away"
🟡 Meaning: Go ahead and ask / Start speaking
🟡 Used to give permission to ask questions or begin something.
💬 Examples:
1️⃣ "Can I ask a question?"
 "Sure, fire away!"
2️⃣ "Are you ready to begin?"
 "Yes, fire away."
3️⃣ "I need to talk to you about something."
 "Go ahead, fire away."
🔑 Informal but very common in conversation!
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"Hit the nail on the head"

🟡 Meaning: To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.
🟡 Used when someone says something that is exactly right or accurate.
💬 Examples:
1️⃣ "I think the problem is that we started too late."
 "Yes, you hit the nail on the head."
2️⃣ "She hit the nail on the head when she said we need more practice."
3️⃣ "You hit the nail on the head — it’s not about money, it’s about time."
🔑 A perfect phrase to sound accurate and confident!
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✍️We do not use to before home

🔹I’m going home.

✍️In informal English (especially American), at can be left out before home.

🔹Is anybody home?

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