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English Word of the Day: 126 severe - adjective

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Word of the Day:

severe - adjective - pronunciation link

Definition

not gentle; causing much pain, sadness or damage

Example Sentences

His treatment of the employees was rather severe.
Severe weather is causing damage throughout the country.

Quiz of the Day - Prepositional Phrases:

The student was interested in/about the lesson. Which preposition should you use? Prepositional phrases are especially challenging to students at ALL levels.

Prepositional Phrases

English Worksheet of the Day - Providing Space for Opposition:

The use of these sentence connectors will add sophistication to your writing style when trying to show opposing points of view.

Providing Space for Opposition

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