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US & Canada Government TikTok bans

Learning English from the News

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The Word Purge Is Used More in Written English Than Simplified English

The word we're looking at is citing. Citing is a verb and it means giving a reason for doing something. Now, the Canadian government have said that security concerns are the reason for banning TikTok from these work devices. The word purge can also be used to talk about removing people, particularly from an organisation.

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