Grammar Moments

Couple / Pair
Couple – two different things (a couple of friends, a married couple)
OR – when we are not sure about the exact number
A couple of years ago
Pair – two similar things (a pair of shoes, a pair of gloves)

Besides / Except
I’ve always wanted to have a pet. Besides, guinea pigs are so cute!
Everybody except my brother wants to have a pet.

Had better / would rather
- It’s getting late, you’d better hurry!
I’d rather stay and spend the night here
Would you rather do it now or wait until tomorrow?
We’d better start writing if we want to do it quickly.
advice
choice

Be quiet. Everybody’s working
It was a quiet night
That’s quite a difficult test
You’re quite right
He wants to quit his job
She quit smoking years ago
Quiet / quite / quit
adj
adv
v

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