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🎙 Mistake Break Podcast - Episode 02  Audio Script Hello and welcome to episode 2 of Mistake Break with me: Mohammad Today’s focus is on a very very very…common mistake.  It is: the word VERY!  Let's go Milad Tower in Tehran is very huge   WROONG!  To correct it, we should remove ‘very ’ for example:  Milad tower in Tehran is huge ! OR … is absolutely huge. But why the heck is that?  Simply, we never use ‘very’ when the word has a strong meaning.  Wait. Whadyo meaaan?  Well, my fellas, the word huge already means: very big ..not just big! VERY BIG so ‘huge’ is called an extreme/strong adjective . Shall we look at some more examples?  The traffic was very terrible.  WRONG!  The traffic was absolutely terrible. What next?  Well, if you wanna increase the strength of these extreme adjectives you can say really, absolutely, or quite (there's a lot more - check the blog or visit a good online dictionary). Anyways, here are...

  🎙️ Podcast Script: Episode 1 - Behaviour  Link to the podcast: https://t.me/c/2862577597/3  Welcome to Mistake Break. Where we fix common errors in 90 seconds Today: we're gonna focus on the word ‘ behaviour ’ – and avoid 2 errors. Let’s begin. Mistake 1: Never say: ❌ Never say:  ‘Students must behaviour well. ✅ Say: ‘Students must behave well .’ Why, if you ask me? Because ‘behaviour’ is a noun. And the verb form is ‘behave’. For example: I like her behaviour (noun) because she behaves really well (verb). Mistake 2: ❌ Never say: She has a strange behaviour.’  BECAUSE b ehaviour’ is uncountable – so you don’t need to say ‘a’ strange behaviour. For example: She has strange behaviour.’ Scientists study animal behaviours. I said behaviours (plural) because it refers to different types of behaviours like aggression, calmness, etc. Here’s a quick recap: Behave is the verb. Behaviour is the noun. And the next time you listen, behave well. Listen carefull...