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Grammar fix

set up an account

create an account

To create and configure a new account on an app, website or service.

phrasal verbB1core

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • Before you can order, you'll need to set up an account with your email.signing up online
  • A: How do I start using the app?
    B: First, set up an account — it only takes a minute.
    helping someone sign up

Fix the pattern

Pattern: set up an account (with [service] / for [app])

WrongI want to make a new account on the app.

RightI need to set up an account on the app.

Use 'set up an account', not 'make an account'; you 'set it up' (configure it), not just 'make' it.

Patternset up an account (with [service] / for [app])

Don't confuse it

'Set up an account' is creating it the first time; 'log in' is getting back into one you already have.

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