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Averse [uh-VURS] = opposed to; against

Adverse [ad-VURS, AD-vurs] = harmful, unfavorable

L is not *averse* to eating snacks that have *adverse* health effects. 🍰

#vocabulary

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

Kid = (v.) deceive (someone) in a playful or teasing way

[Comic source: https://t.co/XhQ3hhdlqk ]

❓Here’s a grammar-related question: Who likes interrogative pronouns? 🤔

https://t.co/KNunW7pfuS 👈👩🏻‍💻

#grammar

👨🏻‍🏫ℹ️ How to Fix Run-Ons and Comma Splices: https://t.co/kSJTd2oU1a

#grammar

[Image source: https://t.co/o3KgkfetvL]

Write 📝 = what authors do

Right = opposite of “left”; correct ✔

Rite = ceremony; custom

Wright = maker or builder 🛠

(Tricky, right?) 😏

[Comic by @PHDcomics]

#vocabulary

“Data” 📈 is technically the plural of “datum,” but “data” is now used as a singular or plural noun.

So,

The data IS → ✔

The data ARE → ✔

(Comic via @PHDcomics)

Envelop [en-VEL-uhp] = (v.) surround, enclose: Thick fog often *envelops* the town. 🌫️

Envelope [EN-vuh-lohp, AHN-vuh-lohp] = (n.) flat paper container for a letter: Jo hates licking *envelopes*. 👅✉

Thesaurus Rex 🦖

https://t.co/ktnfwqJyfi

Tear → Tore → Has/have/had TORN (not “tore”):

Jo’s obsession with Nutella *has torn* us apart. 💔

#grammar

First come, first serve. → ❌

First come, first SERVED. → ✔

👩🏻‍🦱💭 Think of it as “The FIRST to COME will be the FIRST to be SERVED.”

#idiom