UPDATED: 14 JULY 19
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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
- 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.
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.
