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26/03/2026

If you’ve been paying attention, this should be easy 😌✍🏽

From there / their / they’re
to borrow / lend
to affect / effect
and now compliment / complement…

We’ve covered a lot—and this is your quick recap 📚✨

English isn’t confusing, you just need the right explanations 😉

So tell me…
How many did you actually get right? 👀
Don’t just scroll—save this and come back to it.

24/03/2026

Compliment or Complement? 👀

One praises… the other completes 😌

✨ Compliment = say something nice
✨ Complement = make something better

📌Simple trick to remember:
Compliment → I = I like you (praise)
Complement → E = Enhance (make better)

Don’t mix them up—your sentence might mean something totally different 😅

Drop a sentence using one of them below 👇

23/03/2026

Confused about borrow and lend? You’re not alone 👀

Here’s the quick fix:
📌 Borrow = you take
“I borrowed a book from her.”

📌 Lend = you give
“She lent me a book.”

Think of it this way:
If it’s coming to you → borrow
If it’s going from you → lend

Save this so you never mix them up again ✨

22/03/2026

Confused about affect and effect?

You’re not alone! 👀✨

Here’s the simple truth:

Affect is the action, Effect is the result. ✔️

Say it with me: Action → Result 💡

Follow for quick grammar fixes that actually stick! 🤍📚

21/03/2026

Confused about MUCH vs MANY? Let’s fix it 👇

✨ MUCH → for things you can’t count
💧 water | 💰 money | ⏰ time
Example: How much time do you have?

✨ MANY → for things you can count
📚 books | 🍎 apples | 👩‍🎓 students
Example: How many students are in the class?

💡 Quick tip:
If you can count it ➡️ MANY
If you can’t ➡️ MUCH

Got more grammar questions? Just ask 💬

20/03/2026

Who or whom—are you using them correctly? 👀

Quick fix:
Use “who” as the subject (the doer of the action)
Use “whom” as the object (the receiver of the action)

Easy trick:
If you can replace it with he/she → use WHO
If you can replace it with him/her → use WHOM

Examples:
✅ Who called you? (He called you)
✅ Whom did you call? (You called him)
Still unsure? Try the “he/him” trick—it never fails 😉

19/03/2026

The correct expression is “angry with” (or sometimes “angry at”), not “angry to.”

✅ Correct Usage
Angry with (someone) → used for people
She is angry with her brother.
Angry at (someone or something) → used for people or situations
He is angry at the delay.

❌ Incorrect Usage
She is angry to her brother. ✖️
This is incorrect because “angry” does not take “to” as its preposition.

💡 Why?
In English, certain adjectives are followed by specific prepositions.
“Angry” naturally collocates (goes together) with “with” and “at,” not “to.”

✨ Quick Tip
Think: angry WITH people
Think: angry AT situations

18/03/2026

Silent letters and simplification:

The cluster “dnes” in the middle is difficult to pronounce smoothly, so English speakers gradually dropped the “d” sound.
So instead of saying:
👉 Wed-nes-day
It became:
👉 Wens-day → Wenz-day

Other words do this too:

Handsome → han-sum (silent “d”)
Sandwich → san-wich (silent “d”)
Wednesday → wenz-day

17/03/2026

The correct sentence is:
👉 She enjoys reading. ✅
❌ She enjoys to read. (incorrect)

Explanation

The verb “enjoy” is always followed by a gerund (that is, a verb ending in -ing), not an infinitive (to + verb).
So:

enjoy + verb-ing ✔️
NOT enjoy + to + verb ❌

More Examples

She enjoys dancing. ✔️
They enjoy playing football. ✔️
I enjoy teaching English. ✔️
❌ She enjoys to dance.
❌ They enjoy to play football.

Quick Tip for Your Students 📚

After “enjoy”, always use -ing form.
👉 Think: “enjoy + ing”

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