𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗘𝗔𝗧/𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛/𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞/𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀❓

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 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗘𝗔𝗧/𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛/𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞/𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀❓


📌 Do you lick oranges? No! Oranges can be licked, but if that's not the appropriate word used. To lick means to pass the tongue over the surface of something. Hence, you can lick ice cream.



📌 Do you drink oranges? No! Oranges are not water. To drink means to take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. When you drink a liquid, you take it into your mouth and swallow it. He drank his cup of tea.


📌 Do you munch oranges? No. If you munch food, you eat it by chewing it slowly, thoroughly, and rather noisily. Munch is to chew with a grinding, crunching sound. When you take oranges, there is no crunching sound. You munch apple.


📌 Do you eat oranges? Yes. When you eat something, you put/squeeze it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. Hence, eat is the appropriate word to use when you take an orange. Mr. John Obidi loves to eat oranges.


#S͛рⷬeͤaͣᴋⷦIͥmͫрⷬeͤcͨcͨaͣвⷡleͤEͤngliͥs͛hͪ


©️ 〇ⲕᎯ⨍𝖮ᖇ ᑌ⊂Ꮒ∈.

      ᎶᖇᎯⲙⲙᎯᖇ ᙅ𝖮Ꭿ⊂Ꮒ

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