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compliment | complement1/9/2020  Although they are pronounced the same, they have very different meanings. As a verb, complement means add to something in a way that enhances or improves:
Compliment means to admire and praise someone for something:
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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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 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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I'm agree? NO!13/7/2020  We do not use two verbs in the present tense after each other. We say [I run] not [I am run] or [I eat] not [I am eat]Our online courses and modules are designed with you in mind:
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using [is]|[are]1/7/2020  We use is for singular and are for plurals. People is a plural noun, so the verb needs to be plural: Our online courses and modules are designed with you in mind:
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