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Language Note at ALWAYS
stimulant
Political stability acts as a stimulant for foreign investment.
Political stability acts as a stimulus for foreign investment.
A stimulant is a drug, medicine etc, which makes the mind or body more active: ‘The caffeine in
coffee acts as a stimulant.’
When you are not talking about a drug or medicine, use stimulus (= something which causes
activity, growth, or greater effort): ‘The new textbook provided a good stimulus for both teachers
and students.’
stimulus
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at STIMULANT
stop
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This policy is supposed to stop people to buy foreign cars.
This policy is supposed to stop people from buying foreign cars.
stop sb/sth (from) doing sth (NOT to do), = prevent someone (from) doing something or
something from happening: ‘Her parents tried to stop her from going abroad.’
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