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English Tips

A collection of bite-sized tips for English learners.
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Related to or related with?

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English Tips
August 04
It’s “related to”. ✔️
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Silent letters

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English Tips
August 02
Many letters in written English are silent. ESL speakers often still pronounce them because they learnt that word from a book. The spelling of a word often interferes with how we hear it, too.

"Thank God" or "thanks God"

✔️ It’s “thank God”.
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How to pronounce "comb"

There are a few words in English that end with -omb.

“is good” or “it's good”?

This is a mistake Spanish speakers often make:
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How to pronounce arch-nemesis

The antique prefix arch- comes up in words like arch-nemesis, archenemy, archbishop etc. It means something like “highest” or “supreme”.

How to use “else” correctly in English

A typical mistake non-native English speakers often make: using the word else instead of otherwise.