expresses that or says that

“In her letter Jane expresses that she is getting irritated with me for not writing” should be corrected to “In her letter Jane says that. ” You can express an idea or a thought, but you can’t ever express that. In technical terms, “express” is a transitive verb and requires an object.

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• dateline vs deadline
• any where vs anywhere
• invested interest vs vested interest
• summary vs summery
• woman vs women
• tripple vs triple
• various vs several
• bias vs biased
• error vs err
• vary vs very

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