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Dec 2023
5m 51s

Difficulty? Difficulties?

SHAYNA OLIVEIRA
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When do we use difficulty (singular) vs. difficulties (plural)?

I'm going to explain this and also teach you a number of collocations, typical combinations of words, to expand your vocabulary!

Learning collocations improves your English fluency because instead of trying to put a sentence together word by word, trying to think "which verb goes with this noun?" or "which adjective sounds more natural?" – instead, you'll already know combinations of words that go together.

My e-book, 1000 collocations in 10 minutes a day, makes learning collocations quick and easy. It has 50 short lessons, 50 quizzes, and comes with audio as well.

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