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Use no article with some institutions when the usual activity is the point. Use the when you mean a particular building, visit, or location. Say at school for a student role, but at the school to identify one building.
Use no article after by for a general method of transport. Use a or the when you mean one vehicle, trip, or service. With media, learn the usual phrase: watch television, listen to the radio, read the newspaper, and see a report on the news.
Use as + adjective or adverb + as for an equal comparison. Use not as + adjective or adverb + as when the two things are unequal.
Say He is at the office. In standard English, office is a singular countable noun here, so it usually needs an article. Use the because the workplace is known in the conversation.
Be forms continuous and passive verbs; have forms perfect verbs. Use do with a base verb in simple-tense questions and negatives when no other helper is present, except with main-verb be.
Awesome usually means very good or impressive in informal English. It can also describe something that inspires awe, especially something large, beautiful, or powerful.
Use a short response after you understand a point or when the speaker pauses. Choose a response that fits the meaning and keep your voice brief enough for the other person to continue.
Use bass /bæs/ for the fish. Use bass /beɪs/ for low music, a low singing voice, or an instrument such as a bass guitar. Use base /beɪs/ for a supporting bottom part, a main location, or a starting point.
Use bazaar for a market. Use bizarre to describe something very strange, unexpected, or hard to explain. Bazaar is usually a noun, while bizarre is an adjective.
Be used to describes a present or past state of familiarity: I am used to the early bus. Get used to describes the change toward that state: I am getting used to the early bus. After both forms, use a noun or an -ing form.
Use begin or start for the first part of an action or event. Start is more common in everyday speech. Use begin when a more formal tone fits. Use start, not begin, for a machine, a vehicle, a journey, or some other special meanings of start.
Use beside when one person or thing is next to another. Use besides when you mean in addition to, apart from, or also.