Used To
Used to We use used + infinitive to talk about past habits. I used to smoke, but now I have stopped. He used to play football when he was a boy. There used to be a theatre at this corner years ago....
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Up And Down
Down means ‘from a higher part to a lower part of something’. The rain came down heavily. We ran down the road. Down can also mean along. She walked down the road. (= She walked along the road.) Note that to pay $10 down is...
Until And Till
These two words mean exactly the same. They can be used both as prepositions and conjunctions. Note that until is more formal than till. I will wait until/till I hear from you. Wait until/till tomorrow. Wait until/till he returns. Until/till and to To can...
Travel vs. Journey vs. Trip vs. Voyage
Travel, Journey, Trip and Voyage – Differences in meaning Travel means traveling in general. Travel is my passion. The plural form travels is used to refer to long journeys especially to other countries. Is he back from his travels?...
Too…To vs. So…That
The structure too…to… is used to talk about undesirable excess. It has a negative meaning. Study the following sentences. He was very nervous. He couldn’t perform well on stage. He was too nervous to perform well on stage. We can...
Too vs. To
Too Too means more than is good or desirable. It is too hot to go out now. The hat is too large for me. You smoke too much. Too can mean ‘also’. It is generally used at the end of a sentence....
They’re vs. Their vs. There
They’re They’re is the contracted form of They are. They’re playing. (= They are playing.) They’re running. (= They are running.) There There is a kind of preparatory subject. It is used in sentences which say that something exists...
Therefore | How To Use Therefore Correctly
The word therefore is not a conjunction, and therefore you cannot use it to connect two clauses. Read the sentence given below. It is an example of the incorrect use of therefore. He is clever therefore he gets good marks....
Introductory There
There In English, the most common way of indicating existence is by using the structure there + to be. Normally there is an adverb of place. But the introductory there has no adverbial sense and is just used to...
That-Clauses
That is simply a connector. It shows that a declarative clause forms part of a larger sentence. Compare: I understand. You are right. (two separate sentences) I understand that you are right. (The clause you are right has become...
