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Sometimes people get words confused because they look or sound similar; some are confused because they are rarely used or because people hear other people misusing them.   idle / idol If you are idle, you are lazy and inactive. An idol is something that is loved or worshipped. She was my idol. I worshipped her.   illegal / […]

Languages change all the time and it may be that English is changing more rapidly than other languages because it’s so widely used around the world. You only have to think of the vast growth of words related to computers over the last 20 years to see clear evidence of rapid change. However, grammatical words […]

(Grammar Practice Worksheet) Learners (and even some native speakers) get confused about the term ‘used to’. They often get confused about when ‘used’ is appropriate and when ‘use’ is appropriate. The expression ‘used to’ is appropriate when we are making a positive statement about events in the past. We often use it to refer to […]

(Grammar Practice Worksheet.) We use some with countable or uncountable nouns to refer to a relatively small number or amount. We use this word to indicate the number or amount in a general way. The number or amount is not stated because we don’t know what it is, or we don’t really mind what it is. The […]

(Grammar Practice Worksheet.) Both of these words ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ refer to an amount or number that is small in comparison with another amount or number that is understood from the context or the sentence. These two words are often mixed up by learners and by some native speakers as well! We use less with uncountable nouns. […]