It looksas if it will be sunny.not
It lookslike it will be sunny.‘Like’ should be followed by an object (noun or pronoun).
Pat lookedlike her mother.Remember to use ‘different from’not‘different to’ or ‘differ-
ent than’.
The job wasdifferent from any of my previous posts.It should be ‘bored with’ or ‘bored by’ not ‘bored of’.
Iambored with this book.
He wasbored by the lecture.The same applies to the colloquial ‘fed up’. It should be ‘fed
up with’not‘fed up of’.
I am fed upwith this weather.not
I am fed upof this weather.Using less and fewer
The word ‘less’ is often incorrectly used when it should be
‘fewer’. ‘Less’ refers to a measured quantity. ‘Fewer’ refers
to something that is counted.
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