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I come here to learn English.

I come here for learning English.

Express purpose by using the infinitive, not the gerund.

I was absent one time or two times.

I was absent once or twice.

Use once and twice instead of one time and two times.

I've a brother which is at school.

I've a brother who is at school.

Only use which as a relative pronoun for animals or things. The right pronoun to use for people is who (whose, whom).

Becky played a good play of chess.

Becky played a good game of chess.

Some verbs and nouns do have the same form and analogous meaning in English: The police fight a hard fight. Heather dreams long vivid dreams. If you lie the lie will catch you out! The company danced an African dance. However, we seldom use the same word like this. Usually we try to avoid it in some way: She fought a long battle with them. if you lie you will be caught out. The company did an African dance.

I don't like red and orange. I want the blue one.

I don't like red or orange. I want the blue one.

The meaning of the first sentence is that you don't like the two colours together. The intended meaning is that you don't like either of them, even separately.

If we join clauses with different subjects, we use and even after a negative: He didn't write to me and I was worried.

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