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Actually, you can use heir here. What needs to change is the preposition after it. See these examples from Cambridge: When her father died, she became the sole heir to his £40,000 estate. The heirs …

Are you using a style guide? In APA, abbreviations are introduced like this: When abbreviating a term, use the full term the first time you use it, followed immediately by the abbreviation in pare …

The word I would use is swerve: If a vehicle or other moving thing swerves or if you swerve it, it suddenly changes direction, often in order to avoid hitting something. Collins It is used in …

Swatted at is fine here, to mean that trying to hit the fly. There’s even a device called a fly swatter for this purpose. See also Swatting an insect and the meaning behind it. Another option is shoo, …

The intensifier bloody comes to mind, as described by vocabulary.com: In British slang, bloody means something like “very.” That's bloody brilliant! While this sense of the word is understood in Ame …

As statements, your two examples would be: You like Chinese food You are going to Spain next week Next, find the main verb: You like Chinese food You are going to Spain next wee …

I see some problems with those two sentences. One problem is that they are comma splices, since "I don't get it" is a sentence in itself. Another problem is with "eligible for". Specifically, "eli …

Of those (even ignoring the duplicate with in A), the best option is B. For example, according to Duke University: Instructors should not grant students permission to leave class early or arrive late …

If you need a noun, use pride: a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or poss …

Both words are homophones (/flɛr/), so it's easy for native speakers in particular to confuse them. Flare is correct here. This is the relevant definition of flare from MW: to break out or intensify …

It’s called breaking in the engine: What do we mean by ‘break in’? It comes down to giving the engine time to adjust and operate evenly after rolling off the production line, so no parts are put unde …

I'd say that you want to do it "without badmouthing his family". Here's a definition of the verb "badmouth": to say bad things about (someone or something) : to criticize (someone or something) …

While not a single word, you can hit the gym. This usage of hit isn't specific to the gym, being defined by MW as to arrive or appear at, in, or on hit town the best time to hit the stores The newes …

Try outlier (noun): a person or thing differing from all other members of a particular group or set. (NOAD) It's very neutral to me. A person can be an outlier because they excel or because they're …

The first one can be rewritten in the imperative: Study and don’t watch tv. Stronger imperative: Study and don’t you dare watch tv! For the second one you can use was and drop to be: …