#PSA:

"to make do" means to work with what you've got.

Afaik, "to make due" doesn't mean anything.

I guess it could mean "to impose a deadline," but that seems awkward.

Most likely, the phrase you're needing is "to make do."

No, I don't wanna be prescriptivist. But also, #WordsMeanThings.

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I just don’t understand the English language.

If homophobes are people who hate gays, why aren’t #homophones people who chat to gays?

Or iPhones with Grindr installed?

English Language

I just don’t understand the English language.

If homophobes are people who hate gays, why aren’t homophones people who chat to gays?

Or iPhones with Grindr installed?

@CmQuinet #twoutil#groupe5

"On" s’écrit sans "t" car ce n’est pas le verbe (avoir) c’est un pronom personnel
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Clench vs. Clinch (Grammar Rules)

Learn when to use clench vs. clinch in your writing with Grammar Rules from the Writer’s Digest editors, including a few examples.
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In our series of undervalued #English #homophones:
"sucker" N/V and "succour" N/V ( both British E /ˈsʌkə/, US /ˈsəkər/).
Everybody knows what a sucker is, "succour" V means 'to help/assist', the N "help/aid". The verb "sucker" has the slang meaning 'to trick/to cheat'.

Best (but slightly tragic and sad) BNC find for "succour":

CBJ 685 Any chance of aid or succour from her brother-in-law, William Charles Titford, would have been swept away by his death in 1828; but two years earlier than that, Elizabeth's name appears in the registers of Shoreditch Workhouse.