Friday Feedback Takeaway Tips
Every Friday we learn something new.
This is where I put the quick takeaways from the live Writing Feedback session.
the least vs the lowest
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
The overuse of ‘would’
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
the least vs the lowest
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
albeit
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
redundancy
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
The number was higher vs there were more
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
countable vs uncountable nouns
Common mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns.
double
Friday Takeaways'double', 'twice', 'twofold' and 'half'How can you paraphrase the following sentence? The price of oil went from £10 a barrel in 1980 to £20 a barrel in 1990.1. The price of oil doubled between 1980 and 1990. (verb) 2. The price of oil in 1990 was...
run-on sentences
Friday Takeaways'run-on' sentencesWhich of these is WRONG? *hint - focus on punctuation (commas, full-stops, semi-colons and linking words). There was only one shop. This has now been replaced. There was only one shop; this has now been replaced. There was only one...
worth or worthy?
Friday Takeaways'worth' vs 'worthy'Which is correct? 'My IELTS test is tomorrow - should I buy a course?' 1. 'It's not worthy to buy a course'. 2. 'It's not worth buying a course'. 2. is correct. 'It's not worth + ing' The meaning of 'It's not worth +...