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In this lesson we focus on the use of the HYPHEN in English.
no-one
part-time
take-off
drip-proof
This is a well-known story
This story is well known
He looks like he is from the nineteenth century
He's a nineteenth-century figure
That's an up-to-date gadget
That gadget is up to date
Twenty odd people came to the party (20 strange people)
Twenty-odd people came to the party (roughly 20)
250 year old trees (250 1 year old trees)
250-year-old trees (trees which were 250 years old)
He's a smooth talking puppet (smooth and talking)
He's a smooth-talking puppet (charming)
He's a quick thinking man (a fast man and a thinking man)
He's a quick-thinking man (a fast brain)
His shoes were worn out.
He was wearing worn-out shoes
non-negotiable
pre-Socratic
pre-emptive
south-east
twenty-three
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This lesson has 10 of the most common mistakes which I still make when speaking English. See if you can spot the errors before I correct them. You can find more lessons and quizzes on my blog https://www.skype-lessons.com/
1) He is the same age as me. (EDIT: BOTH ARE CORRECT. Excellent essay here http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/04/economist-explains-3)
2) Me and my friends
3) Who is it? Me!
4) My Mother...
5) I studied Chemistry at university
6) There are less people than I expected
7) She looked in her bag and realized that her wallet was stolen.
8) I've forgot his name
9) I could of done it
10) Who are you talking to?
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