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Still and Unless - March 12, 2025

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Sew and Knit - March 07, 2025

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Nation and Country - March 06, 2025

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Beach, Coast, Shore - February 27, 2025

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Appeal - February 26, 2025

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Extend, Expand - February 20, 2025

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Regimen - February 07, 2025

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Regarding and Regardless - January 31, 2025

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Accountability, Responsibility, Liability - January 29, 2025

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Minimal Pairs for Pronunciation - January 15, 2025

11

Apply and Application - January 13, 2025

12

Remaining, Remainder, and Rest of - January 08, 2025

13

How to Summon Others - December 31, 2024

14

Do People Still Say That? - December 23, 2024

15

Kinds and Types - December 17, 2024

16

Using the Phonetic Alphabet - December 11, 2024

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Notes about 'Being' - December 03, 2024

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It and That - November 25, 2024

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Learning Prepositions - November 18, 2024

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Most and Almost - November 14, 2024

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Practice Your Listening - November 04, 2024

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Near and Nearby - October 29, 2024

23

Thinking in English - October 21, 2024

24

Legal and Law - October 17, 2024

25

How to Improve Your Spelling - October 10, 2024

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Obviously and Apparently - October 02, 2024

27

Insights and Thoughts - September 24, 2024

28

Avant-garde and Vanguard - September 18, 2024

29

Perhaps and Maybe - September 06, 2024

30

How to Summarize - September 04, 2024

31

Learning English Expressions or Idioms - August 28, 2024

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Speaking Fluently - August 20, 2024

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Combine and Integrate - August 15, 2024

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Ego and Arrogance - August 05, 2024

35

Spoiled Food and Drink - July 30, 2024

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Methodology, Strategy, Plan - July 24, 2024

37

Who's and Whose - July 12, 2024

38

Zest, Drive, Desire - July 02, 2024

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Only Had, Had Only - July 01, 2024

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Using 'Though' and 'However': Part 2 - June 26, 2024

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Using 'Though' and 'However': Part 1 - June 17, 2024

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Feel, Feel Like - June 10, 2024

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Nobody, No one - June 04, 2024

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Improve Your Vocabulary: Part 3 - May 29, 2024

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Improve Your Vocabulary: Part 2 - May 24, 2024

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Improve Your Vocabulary: Part 1 - May 17, 2024

47

'Call' - May 08, 2024

48

'Ever' in Questions - May 03, 2024

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'Young' or 'Younger' - April 25, 2024

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'When' or 'That' - April 17, 2024

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Misinformation, Disinformation - April 10, 2024

52

Different 'From' or 'Than'? - April 03, 2024

53

Types of Sentences - March 26, 2024

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How to Say 'l-i-v-e' - March 19, 2024

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Using 'Just' and 'Only' - March 14, 2024

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'Yet' - March 06, 2024

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'Must' or 'Have To' - March 01, 2024

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'Do' for Emphasis - February 21, 2024

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Sure as Heck - February 14, 2024

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Surge and Soar - February 07, 2024

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Reduction and Assimilation - February 01, 2024

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Meanings of 'As' - January 25, 2024

63

University vs. College - January 18, 2024

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Adverbs, Gerunds, Participles - January 09, 2024

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What Does Slender Mean - January 05, 2024

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Change and Vary - December 29, 2023

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Assessment and Evaluation - December 20, 2023

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Wondering about Wonder? - December 14, 2023

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Ability or Capability - December 07, 2023

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Price vs. Rate - December 01, 2023

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Danger vs. Hazard - November 22, 2023

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Source or Resource - November 16, 2023

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The Many Uses of 'Get' - November 09, 2023

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'In Which' and 'To Which' - November 02, 2023

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This and That - October 26, 2023

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'When' with Past Tense - October 18, 2023

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Historic and Historical - October 12, 2023

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Why Do Songs Break Grammar Rules? - October 05, 2023

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Teacher, Lecturer or Tutor - September 29, 2023

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On Time or In Time - September 20, 2023

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Awareness vs. Consciousness - September 14, 2023

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Mandatory, Compulsory and Obligatory - September 05, 2023

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Cheer vs. Applause - August 31, 2023

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Persons vs. People - August 23, 2023

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Descent vs. Ancestry - August 18, 2023

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What Does the Song, ‘This Is Me’ Mean? - August 03, 2023

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Hear vs. Listen - August 03, 2023

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Climate vs. Environment - July 27, 2023

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Snug Cozy and Comfortable - July 20, 2023

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Teen vs. Tween - July 11, 2023

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Worth, Worthy and Worthwhile - July 06, 2023

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Victim vs Casualty - June 29, 2023

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Finish or Complete? - June 22, 2023

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Award vs Reward - June 15, 2023

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Wood Timber and Lumber - June 08, 2023

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Help or Aid - May 31, 2023

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Noncount and Mass Nouns - May 26, 2023

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Woods, Forests and Jungles - May 17, 2023

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Religious Places - May 12, 2023

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Spin or Rotate - May 04, 2023