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EFP: to grow / to increase
UPDATED: 14 JULY 19
WHICH WORD?

to grow / to increase


Confusing! 
Frustrating!
But with practice, you will learn it.

to grow

  • think: size
  • animals, plants, people
  • to get bigger, larger
  • Hair grows.  It doesn't increase.

to increase

  • think: numbers
  • more of the same.
  • You buy another car.   Cars don't grow.  They remain the same size; however, they increase in number.   1 car + 1 car = 2 cars = increase.

EXAMPLES:  grow / increase

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  • grow:  My kids are growing so fast we have to buy new clothes every 6 months.
    (kids bigger, but same number of kids)


    increase:  My family is increasing.  I now have 3 kids.
    (talking about the "number").


  • grow:  That 1 hectare of corn is growing because we used more fertilizer this year.
    (still 1 hectare, but the corn is now taller)


    increase:  The corn harvest will increase this year by 10%.
    (the size of the area of corn is the same, but now it will produce (numbers) more corn.)


  • grow:  To grow, you need food.

    increase: To increase, you need more of the same.

  • grow:  Our company is growing because we are investing (feeding it) a lot of money. 

    increase:  The number of company branches have increased 20% this year.

  • grow:  My kids are growing so fast we have to buy new clothes every 6 months. 

    increase:  My family is increasing.  I now have 3 kids.
 
  • grow:  The corn is growing because we used more fertilizer this year.

    increase:  The corn harvest will increase this year by 10%.

  • grow:  To grow, you need food.
    ​
    increase: To increase, you need more of the same.

  • grow:  Our company is growing because we are investing (feeding) a lot of money. 
    ​
    increase:  The number of company branches have increase 20% this year.
NOTE: 

to grow up     (video)

1: I grew up in Los Angeles.   Where did you grow up?

2: In Tehran, Iran.
​
1: Wow!  My Father grew up in Isfahan.

GRAMMAR 1
TO GROW
TO INCREASE

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