★ Must-know
GAMAY is an acronym for Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft.
“A night owl” describes someone who goes to bed late, whereas “an early bird” describes someone who gets up early.
“To borrow” means to receive something temporarily, whereas “to lend” means to give something temporarily to another person.
“Some information” treats information as uncountable, whereas “a piece of information” identifies one unit of information.
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“On the dot” refers to an exact time shown by the hands of a clock or watch.
“Better safe than sorry” means that taking precautions is preferable to regretting an avoidable problem.
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📌 In “a 2-year exam,” the numeral, indefinite article, and hyphenated adjective form an invariable compound modifier before a noun.
📌 In “a 2-hour English lesson,” the hyphenated compound adjective remains singular, whereas “English for 2 hours” expresses a plural duration.
Further detail
1. What does the acronym GAMAY represent?
2. Which sentence uses “borrow” and “lend” correctly?
3. Which sentence correctly uses the compound modifier before a noun?
What does the acronym GAMAY stand for?
Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft.
What does "a night owl" describe?
Someone who goes to bed late.
What forms an invariable compound modifier in 'a 2-year exam'?
The numeral, indefinite article, and hyphenated adjective.
How do American and British English differ in naming the sentence-ending punctuation?
American English calls it a 'period' and British English calls it a 'full stop'.
GAMAY Acronym Meaning
Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Microsoft
Night owl vs Early bird
Night owl: goes to bed late; Early bird: gets up early
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