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Odds and Ends English

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(1) Change of (or) Change in
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We can reduce the unemployment rate with a change OF the economy. ( )
We can reduce the unemployment rate with a change IN the economy. ( )
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~ ႔ Change of
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change in
Use CHANGE OF when you mean that someone or something has been replaced. When
you mean that someone or something is now different in some way, use CHANGE IN:
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(1.1) What the country needs is a CHANGE OF government. ( = a completely new
government)

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(1.2) The Prime Minister has made several CHANGES IN the government.
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(2) Change something for something
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I took the camera back to the shop and changed it WITH another one. ( )
I took the camera back to the shop and changed it FOR another one. ( )
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႔ ႔ ၊ change exchange

~ Change/exchange something for something ႔

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(2.1) I'd like to change this shirt for a smaller size.
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(3) day after day = ႔ .. ႔ ႔
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repeatedly or continuously, especially in a boring or unpleasant way:

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(3.1) The same problems keep coming up day after day.
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(3.2) The rain poured down day after day.
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(4) day by day = gradually ၊ ႔
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(4.1) Day by day the weather is getting warmer.
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(4.2) Their love grew day by day.
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(5) These days = ႔ ႔ ၊
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IN THESE DAYS many children have their own computer. ( )
THESE DAYS many children have their own computer. ( )
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~ These days in, during ႔
these days (WITHOUT in/during etc):
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He's very busy these days.

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(6) ႔ those days ႔ In ႔ ႔ “In those days”
In those days = ( ) ၊
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In those days cigarettes were much cheaper.

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Most people married young in those days.
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Reference : Longman Dictionary of Common Errors
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