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#common_mistakes
#confusing_words
⚜Earth 🆚 World 🆚 Planet⚜
😨 I have friends in different parts of the earth. ✖️
😇 I have friends in different parts of the world. ✔️
😨 We must all work together to protect the earth. ✖️
😇We must all work together to protect the planet. ✔️
⚜earth/Earth = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen as a planet in space:
▪️ 'The earth moves round the sun every 365 days.'
▪️ 'On the journey back to Earth, one of the spaceship's computers failed.'
⚜world = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of people, countries, cities etc:
▪️'Tuberculosis is still common in some parts of the world.'
▪️ 'It's one of the largest countries in the world.'
▪️'You'll be seeing some of the world's leading golfers.'
⚜Note the expression all over the world (= everywhere in the world):
▪️ 'I have friends all over the world.'
⚜planet = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of the natural environment:
▪️ 'This disaster could affect the whole planet.'
▪️'The planet is gradually getting warmer.'
🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅
😨 The aliens were fascinated by life in earth. ✖️
😇The aliens were fascinated by life on earth. ✔️
😨 Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.✖️
😇Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years. ✔️
⚜on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth): '
▪️Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.'
▪️'Peace on earth is still just a
dream.'
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