Practice English or Spanish with AI here We use “on a website” because we treat all technology with screens as surfaces. We use the preposition of place “on” with surfaces in English. Everything on the internet like websites, apps and platforms will use the preposition “on”. Examples: I saw that news story on a […]
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here We use “on the internet” because we treat all technology with screens as surfaces. We use the preposition of place “on” with surfaces in English. Examples: You need to look that up on the internet. There are millions of things to do on the internet. You can
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here You made it” has the meaning of arriving somewhere and “you did it” means to complete something. The verb “to make” often has the meaning of creating something with your hands and “to do” has the meaning of performing an action that is obligatory but the meaning
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here An ex is an informal short form for an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. When you want to write about more than one ex, we use the plural form “exes”. Example: I have an ex from Liverpool. I have several exes from Liverpool. If you need to say that
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here “Where are you from?” and “Where do you come from?” mean the same thing. They are two different ways to ask where someone is born and where they grew up. “Where are you from?” is more common nowadays and you should use “Where are you from?” if
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here When using this popular sign-off for letters, emails, or other types of notes, the proper and grammatically correct use is ‘yours sincerely’. This is because the word ‘yours’ in this instance is referring to possession of something, and you cannot have one ‘your’ and possess it at
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here “To doss off” is a verb that means to spend time relaxing when you should be working or studying. “Dossing off” is usually used only in the U.K and Ireland. An American synonym would be “to goof off”. Dossing Off Meaning We use “dossing off” when somebody
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here There are many idioms about working hard in English and they can often be used in different contexts like being busy, doing hard physical work, or just simply working hard. 4 idioms that mean hard work Here are some idioms that we use to show that we
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here “One of my favorite” is correct only when you add the plural noun after “favorite”. “One of my favorites” is correct when the following noun is implied(it has usually already been said). Examples: Oh, this is one of my favorite songs. Oh, this song is the best.
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Practice English or Spanish with AI here An interesting concept in American English is the usage of the phrases ‘times where’ and ‘times when’. In written form, you will almost always see this phrase as ‘times when’, however during speaking, many American English speakers, especially native ones, will use ‘times where’. There isn’t a
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