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21 Grammar Rules They Never Taught You in School
1. Less vs. Fewer
Less is used for uncountable nouns (e.g., "Less water").
Fewer is used for countable nouns (e.g., "Fewer bottles").
2. Who vs. Whom
Who functions as the subject (e.g., "Who is calling?").
Whom functions as the object (e.g., "To whom are you speaking?").
3. Oxford Comma Saves Meaning
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Technical Terms
Often these are clearly related (like English āBrazilā and Portuguese āBrasilā).
Other times they are clearly unrelated, like Germany and Deutschland.
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Khrushchyovka
Itās the first prototype of how a residential building could be produced in a very industrialized manner. You can compare with car productionāone prototype, optimize it, put it on assembly line, and produce. The philosophy is similar but the reality is different because Khrushchyovkas were assembled on construction sites, not
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In Italy a hot-water bottle is sometimes called a mezzo-marito, which means āhalf-husband.ā