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Both "have to" and "have got to" are auxiliaries to express compulsion or necessity, but "have got to" expresses compulsion felt to be imposed by or upon the speaker: I've got to get a new coat (a stronger form of "I must get a coat").
Hope
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Compare:
1. John and I did a great job. We are so proud.
2. I and John really messed up everything. We feel very sorry.
Do you notice the difference? If you mention something bad, wrong or negative, "I" should go first. In other cases,
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It is not grammatically correct since you misused the word.
Adverse (adjective):
1. antagonistic or inimical; hostile: adverse criticism
2. unfavourable to one's interests: adverse circumstances
3. contrary or opposite in direction or
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"Mr. Sanchez's car" is the corect form.
Remember we omit the "s" after the apostrophe only when the noun is PLURAL ending with an "s":
Students' reactions
Teachers' edition
The Smiths' house
So:
Men's magazine
Children's toys
If
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"In terms of" means "as expressed by" or "regarding". Examples:
In terms of money, he was no better off.
(= Regarding/respecting money, he was not any better)
In terms of the present contract, we should not pay more.
(= as expressed by the
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No. "House" and "home" are not the same although sometimes we *mean* the same. The "house" is the building you live in, your "home" is where you belong, your family.
You may live in a nice house in the USA while studying, for instance, but your
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In the first one, you were supposed to read the letter and talk to John, but you didn't do ANY of both.
The second one is wrong because of time concordance. It could have been:
I didn't read the letter and talked to John.
(= you didn't read
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If the verb ends with "t" or "d" sound (notice I wrote SOUND), the final "ed" sounds exactly like that:
want - wanted /wanted/
wound - wounded /wunded/
Notice that the "ed" sound is not like in "led". It sounds like in "lid" (short /i/
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When we talk about our final destination, we use "arrive in". If we mention a place where we just stop by on our way, we use "arrive at". Compare:
We arrived at Enniskillen at 10, where we stopped for a snack. We finally arrived in Uxbridge at
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Try early Beatles' songs! They're fun and easy fo listen to and sing along. The easiest one is "Revolution 9" (John Lennon simply repeats "numbre 9" all through it).
Jokes apart, you have "Hello Goodbye", for instance. This is part of the
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How to Write a Letter
Idioms
Formal Letter
Graduation Songs
Who sings a certain song