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Grammar fix

daily commute

regular trip to work or study

the journey you make every day to get to and from your workplace or school

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • My daily commute takes about forty minutes each way.daily life
  • In my opinion, a long daily commute can be stressful and tiring, especially if public transport is crowded.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: the/one's daily commute (noun phrase)

WrongMy everyday commute is long.

RightMy daily commute is long.

'Daily commute' is the fixed collocation — not 'everyday commute'.

Patternthe/one's daily commute (noun phrase)

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff My quotidian journey to the workplace takes an hour.

Natural My daily commute takes an hour.

'Quotidian journey to the workplace' is absurd; 'daily commute' is the set phrase.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • daily commute
    longthe morningby traintiring

Don't confuse it

Do not confuse with 'business trip' (a special journey for work) or 'travel' (general movement from place to place).

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