Accurate English With Faizan

Alhamdulillah, one of my students is making excellent progress!

risible / RIZZ-uh-bul /

𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 is a formal word used disapprovingly to describe things that deserve to be mocked or laughed at.

➡️ Although the teachers derided the students’ slang as risible nonsense, the same had been said about their own generation’s lingo.

rough (like uff in buff)
cough (like off in scoff)
drought (like ow in cow)
though (like o in no)
thought (like aw in saw)
through (like oo in woo)

Enough.

cerulean / suh-ROO-lee-un /

➡️ He grins to appease me and reaches into his pocket and pulls out a cerulean fountain pen, marbled and sparkling. It reminds me of the sea on a calm day. ‘It was my grandfather’s,’ he explains. ‘He gave it to me, and now I am giving it to you.’

➡️Tawdry decorations cluttered the tiny house.

cachet (ka-SHAY)

➡️ His research in Antarctica gave him a certain cachet among other scientists.

➡️ But in his speech today he sounded like a poor old tired and raddled political camp follower, still protesting his virtue—a virtue that no one wants to take from him.

The conjunction 'yet' expresses a contrast.

Thus, the first sentence below makes no sense because expensive dresses are usually luxurious.

👎🏽The dress was 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 luxurious.
👍🏽The dress was 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝘁 luxurious.

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