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#common_mistakes #confusing_words ⚜Earth 🆚 World 🆚 Planet⚜ 😨 I have friends in different parts of the earth. ✖️ 😇 I have friends in different parts of the world. ✔️ 😨 We must all work together to protect the earth. ✖️ 😇We must all work together to protect the planet. ✔️ ⚜earth/Earth = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen as a planet in space: ▪️ 'The earth moves round the sun every 365 days.' ▪️ 'On the journey back to Earth, one of the spaceship's computers failed.' ⚜world = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of people, countries, cities etc: ▪️'Tuberculosis is still common in some parts of the world.' ▪️ 'It's one of the largest countries in the world.' ▪️'You'll be seeing some of the world's leading golfers.' ⚜Note the expression all over the world (= everywhere in the world): ▪️ 'I have friends all over the world.' ⚜planet = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of the natural environment: ▪️ 'This disaster could affect the whole planet.' ▪️'The planet is gradually getting warmer.' 🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅 😨 The aliens were fascinated by life in earth. ✖️ 😇The aliens were fascinated by life on earth. ✔️ 😨 Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.✖️ 😇Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years. ✔️ ⚜on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth): ' ▪️Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.' ▪️'Peace on earth is still just a dream.'