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I was absent once or twice.

I was absent one time or two times.

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

John is the taller of the two boys.

John is the tallest of the two boys.

Use the comparative when two people or things are compared.

I've a brother who is at school.

I've a brother which 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).

I saw the woman whom you said lived next door.

I saw the woman who you said lived next door.

We rarely use whom in modern English. We still use it after prepositions to, by, with, after, on etc. For example, The girl to whom you were speaking is Nigerian. We prefer to avoid this nowadays by changing the order of the sentence: The girl you were speaking to is Nigerian. You can also use that in
place of who: The girl that you were speaking to is Nigerian.

Becky played a good game of chess.

Becky played a good play 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.