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American slang expressions often differ from standard British English terms. Some common differences include referring to having a "flat tire" instead of a "punctured tire", standing "in line" rather than "in queue", going to a "gas station" rather than a "petrol bunk", using a "period" rather than a "full stop", "mailing" a letter instead of "posting" it, "graduating" rather than "passing out", the "#" symbol meaning "pound" rather than "hash", turning "left at traffic lights or just lights" rather than "at the signal", being a "chicken" rather than "coward", saying "you bet" instead of other responses to "thank you",
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- The future perfect tense and how it is formed with "will have" plus the past participle.
- How to form the passive voice and reasons for using it, such as emphasizing the action over the subject. Example sentences are provided.
- The uses of modal verbs like "can", "must", "might" and "have to", along with examples of each.
- Other topics covered include reported speech, quantifiers, and the past simple form of "can". Links to external resources on English grammar are also included.
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- It also discusses prepositions related to movement and time such as "into", "out of", "during", "after", "before", "with", "within", "beyond", "without", "back".
- It defines conjunctions and discusses common conjunctions like "and", "but", "or", as well as correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions,
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