Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

Image Credit: freepik.com ❶ First difference: Say and tell are used to report ideas or information that was expressed in spoken language. The most important difference between them is that... ...with  say , you " don't need  to mention "   who the ideas or information were shared with...  ...but with tell , " you do". Examples:  ✅  Correct: Ligia said /séd/  that she likes guacamole. ❌Incorrect: Ligia told that she likes guacamole.     Instead you must say: Ligia told me that she likes guacamole.” =========== =========== ❶   Second difference:  say goes with preposition to , since it identifies the person who was spoken to.  Examples:  ✅  Correct:  That’s what Ligia said /séd/ to me. ❌Incorrect:   That's what Ligia said /séd/ me.  However, tell to  is incorrect.  ✅  Correct:  That’s what Ligia said /séd/ to me.  ❌Incorrect:   That’s what  Ligia said me. ✅...

image credit: freepik.com Zero, nought, nil ou "oh"? 😕 zero - (number 0): 👉  Zero, one, two, three, four, five... ➤ The number one million is written with a one and six zeros . ➤   Heavy rain has reduced visibility almost to zero (= its lowest point). ========= ========= Oh/O -  (number 0) (also oh); (also o) 👉 Used in speech to mean zero: ➤   My phone number is three, one, o , five, one, double oh (= 3105100). ➤   The year 17 0 5 is usually pronounced seventeen oh five. ========= ========= nought or naught -  (number 0): 👉  The number 0 ( zero) : ➤   He said it was only worth £10, but really you could add a couple of noughts to that (= it is really worth £1,000). ========= ========= nil  -  (number 0): 👉 N othing or zero: ➤   At best, the economic impact is nil. ➤   Investment in the industry has dropped to virtually nil. ➤   The challengers lost the game seven-nil (= zero). ⏩⏩  USAGE NOTE:  ➥  As a n...