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Microsoft Word Longman-Common Errors docx
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yours1.. LONGMAN ERRORS 1
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Dear Mary Yours faithfully...
Dear Mary Yours/With love/With best wishes...
Dear John, Yours sincerely...
Dear John, Yours/With love/With best wishes...
Yours faithfully
and
Yours sincerely
are used only in formal letters. At the end of a letter to a
friend or relative, use
Yours, With love, With best wishes, etc.
2
Dear Sir, Yours,
Dear Sir, Yours faithfully,
When a formal letter begins with
Dear Sir or Dear Madam,
it usually ends with
Yours faithfully.
youth
There’lI be a lot of youths at the party and so you should be able to enjoy yourself.
There’lI be a lot of young people at the party and so you should be able to enjoy
yourself.
Life in a city is more interesting for the youth because there are more things to do.
Life in a city is more interesting for young people because there are more things
to do.
Youth
(countable) is used, often in a disapproving way, to refer to a boy/young man between the
ages of about fifteen and twenty: ‘He was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.’ .
Youth
(uncountable) is used mainly in formal styles to refer to all young people considered as a
group in society: ‘The youth of industrialized nations need to be made aware of global problems.’
The usual phrase for ‘people between the ages of about fifteen and twenty’ is
young people:
‘These holidays are designed for young people like yourselves.’
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