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between | among30/8/2020 Between is used to refer to two or more things which are clearly separated:
Among/ amongst is used to refer to things situated more or less centrally in relation to several other things:
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fewer | less28/8/2020 We use fewer with countable nouns and less with uncountable or mass nouns:
Less is normally used with numerals:
and with expressions of measurement or time:
but fewer is used if the things denoted by the number are seen as individual items or units:
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e.g. | i.e.26/8/2020 We use:
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too | to24/8/2020 Too means to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively; or in addition, also:
To is an infinity marker:
and a preposition:
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it | they21/8/2020 When referring to a brand or entity, use it as using they or their can confuse:
Their and they refer to people not a brand or entity. Therefore, when one refers to an entity rebranding, we use it:
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its | it's19/8/2020 Its is a possessive determiner to mean belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified:
It’s is a contraction of it is:
The confusion arises as some possessives do have apostrophes:
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your | your're17/8/2020 Your is a possessive determiner to mean belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing:
You’re is a contraction of you are:
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lose | miss12/8/2020 When we are taking public transport and we mean to be too late to catch (a passenger vehicle or the post), we use miss:
We use lose to mean unable to be unable to find (something or someone) or to be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):
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their | there10/8/2020 Their is a possessive determiner and there is an adverb. They can be confused because they are pronounced the same:
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must | must to6/8/2020 Modal verbs are never followed by to, except ought to:
This rule does not apply to those words or phrases which act like model verbs:
Ought to is formal and you can use must [obligation, duty or correctness] or should [desirable] instead:
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to be | to have4/8/2020 When we talk about experiencing hunger, thirst, heat, cold, certain common physical conditions we usually use be + adjective (or feel + adjective). When we talk about age, height, weight, size and colour, we also use be:
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