English Grammar - Read Mode
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'Mitigate' means to make less severe, serious, or painful. We must try to reduce or mitigate the miseries of the poor.
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The correlative conjunction structure is 'hardly... when'. 'She had hardly seen her mother when she stopped crying'.
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'Pertinent' means relevant or applicable to a particular matter. His answers failed because they were not relevant (pertinent) to the questions.
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'Surfing' the internet is the common idiom for browsing websites. 'She spends hours surfing the internet'.
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'Been to' indicates visiting a place and returning. 'Gone to' implies the person is still there. Since the speaker is asking 'you' (who is present), 'been to' is correct.
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When comparing two people, the comparative degree 'more' is used. If 'the' were present ('the more'), it would be specific, but 'more' is the correct comparative form here.
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'Oil one's machine' is the answer provided in the source. While 'oil the wheels' is more common, 'oil one's machine' implies maintaining one's own faculties or life skills.
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'In spite of' introduces a concession. 'In spite of my advice, he did not work hard'. 'Despite' is also used but not listed with correct syntax here.
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This is an imperative sentence giving a command. 'Advise' (verb) is the correct form to start the command. 'Advise the boy not to run in the sun'.
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'Biology' is the natural science that studies life and living organisms. Zoology studies animals, Botany studies plants, Physics studies matter/energy.