“anything”/other words with “any” in questions and statements that include “not” or “no.” “nothing” where there is no other negative word
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People decide to have less children these days
we use fewer before plural countable nouns
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The vases are handmade and everyone is slightly different.
every one (each one) - everyone (all)
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“My friend recommended me to buy this car.”
recommended that I buy - subjunctive after certain vbs and expressions that emphasize importance or urgency (e.g. demand, insist, recommend, suggest, it is imp)
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“Can you explain me the grammar?”
“Can you explain the grammar to me?” USE: explain/describe/recommend SOMETHING to SOMEONE
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“There are 21 millions residents in the state of Florida.”
million If we mention an exact number, we don’t add an ‘s’ after hundred, thousand, million, or billion.
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“I’m not pretty sure what the weather is going to be today.”
I’m not sure...We don’t use not before pretty sure. Instead, we say “I’m not sure,” or “I’m not quite sure.”
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“I have much experience with children.”
we don’t normally use much with non-count nouns in positive statements. Instead, we use a lot of.
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“We have a three-days weekend coming up.”
a three-day weekend A compound adjective is when two or more words join to modify the same noun. If a compound adjective has a noun, the noun should be singular
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“We won’t cancel the meeting even though it snows later.”
even if Even though is for true conditions, and even if is for hypothetical conditions or for conditions that haven’t happened yet
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“We discussed about adding additional security measures.”
“We discussed adding additional security measures.” Explanation: We can talk about something or argue about something, but we can’t discuss about something.
