We won’t cancel the meeting even though/ even if it snows later.
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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I stopped to smoke/ smoking several years ago.
f we use stop + gerund, it means the gerund activity stops. If we use stop + infinitive, it means the infinitive activity starts.
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My father always gives me great advices/ advice.
These non-count nouns often give English learners trouble: advice, help, homework, information, knowledge, proof, equipment, evidence, furniture, luggage, mail,
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Did you hear the new/ the news about the Kardashians?
News (i.e. information about current events) is a singular noun and ends in an ‘s.’
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Due to it was/ Due to the holiday, there weren’t many cars on the road.
We use due to and because of followed by a noun or a gerund. We cannot use due to and because of followed by a subject + verb.
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In spite of she grew up/ growing up poor, Melanie became a successful entrepreneur.
We use despite and in spite of followed by a noun or a gerund. We cannot use despite and in spite of followed by a subject + verb.
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We discussed about adding/ adding additional security measures.
We can talk about something or argue about something, but we can’t discuss about something.
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Could you please tell me where are the restrooms/ where the restrooms are?
In indirect questions (polite questions that start with expressions like Could you tell me… or Do you know…) we invert the subject and verb.
