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Smart English Tips

by Gyanvitaranam

Did you know?

—DESTINY means unalterable outcome (of a course of action/events) but DESTINATION means place at which somebody/something arrives.

—UNTIL SOME TIME AS is same as UNTIL, that should be used.

—UNSALEABLE, UNSERVICEABLE and UNSHAKEABLE ends with – eable but UNSCALABLE ends with –able.

—RACKET is correct spelling, not RACQUET.

—OMELETTE is the correct spelling, not omelet which is Americanism.

—ON THE GROUNDS THAT should be replaced with BECAUSE.

—ON THE PART OF is same as BY.

 

NEVER MIND

Never hear the last of it/ Never hear the end of it = Be nagged or constantly reminded about something.

Never-never = A credit scheme. Thus, something bought on ‘the never-never’ has been bought on credit.

Never-never land = An imaginary place. The phrase is often used in describing an impractical....

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