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Maybe = perhaps

May be (verb phrase) = it’s possible

🤔 *Maybe* you should read this post: https://t.co/tZLYf7G08j

First come, first serve. → ❌

First come, first SERVED. → ✔

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

#idiom

“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 by @PHDcomics]

#grammar

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

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

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

#vocabulary

A lot = (pronoun) many, much

Allot = (v.) give, grant

Henry is *allotted* $1 a day for coffee. It’s not *a lot*. ☕😢

Alot → @AllieBrosh

#grammar #vocabulary #spelling

Timber = wood prepared for building

Timbre [TAM-ber] = character of a sound

In a low-pitched *timbre*, Nan yelled, “Timber!”

👷🏻‍♀️🗯 🌲

#vocabulary #spelling

“Be in a pickle” = be in a difficult situation

Henry is *in a pickle*: he has a job interview at the same time as his flight to Rome. 🛫

#idiom

“Dearth” = a scarcity of something. It rhymes with “earth.”

“Dearth” Vader → ❌

Darth Vader → ✔

#vocabulary #spelling

Kid = (n.) human child 👦🏻

Kid = (n.) baby goat 🐐

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

[Comic: https://t.co/XhQ3hhuWhS]

👨🏻‍🏫ℹ️ Here is one of my favorite explanations for “who” vs. “whom”:

https://t.co/JYP1KIARbK via @Oatmeal