common usage problem

8/9/2019 Common Usage Problem

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Common Usage Problem

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(5!) gone, went

G"#$- past participle of goan shoul be use as a verb

onl% with a helping verb.

&$#'- past tense of go.


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(5) goo, lovel%,

nice&henever possible, replace

these wea wors with more*+$ &"/0*.


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(5) hange,

hung23#G$0

- e4ecute

2#G

- suspene


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(58) if, whether

- 'hese are interchangeable.

- &hen using &2$'2$/, it isnot necessar% to inclue ornot after it.


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(59) in, into

#

- /efers to position#'"

- *uggests motion


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(5;)


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(8>)


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*elling of

eas


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+roceure?

Group 1- panesal

Group !- taho

Group - puto

Group - balot

Group 5- ice cream


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(81) @in of , sort

of0o not use @#0 " an

*"/' " to mean/3'2$/ or *"A$&23'.


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$4ample?

#"//$'?

7ou loo in of pale.

"//$'?

7ou loo somewhat pale.


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(8!) @in of a, sort

of a0o not use 3 after

@#0 " an *"/'".


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$4ample?

#"#*'3#03/0?

&hich in of a ressing o

%ou wantB"//$'?

&hich in of ressing o%ou wantB


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(8) la%, lie

637

- 637 %our boo on the es.

-

'he%Cre 637#G the carpet tomorromorning.

- 2e gentl% 630 the eggs in thebaset.


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(8) la%, lie

6$

- 6$ own for an hour.

-

'he chil is 67#G on the Door.- 3fter became tire, 637 own an

reste.

-

'he og has 63# there allafternoon.


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(8) 6earn, teach

6$3/#

- 'o acEuire nowlege

'$32

- 'o give nowlege to


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(8) 6earn, teach

- 2ellen learne aboutpoetr%.

- 'he teacher taught 2ellenabout poetr%.


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(85) leave, let

6$3F$

-to allow to remain6$'

-to permit


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(85) leave, let

- 6$' me o this b%

m%self.- 6$3F$ m% og alone


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(88) lie

6@$

-

3 preposition- *houl never be use inplace of the con


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(88) lie

#"#*'3#03/0

- 2e is clever lie a fo4 is clever.

"//$'- 2e is clever as a fo4 is clever.

- 2e is clever lie a fo4.


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(89) loose, lose

6""*$

-an a


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(89) loose, lose

- 'he oor nob wasloose.

- 0o not lose thistelephone number.


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(8:) ma

- an a


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(8:) ma

- am A30 at %ou.

-=ane learne that/ochesterCs wife wasma.


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(8;) ma%be, ma%

beA37H$

- av. +erhaps

A37 H$

- 6ins sub


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(9>) of

#"#*'3#03/0

- 2e must of remembere he ha

a ate."//$'

- 2e must have remembere he

ha a ate.


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(91) "@, ".@., oa%

#"/A36 writing

- 'he blueprint loos oa%.

"/A36 writing

- 'he blueprint loos

Dawless.


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(9!) onl%

"#67 shoul be placein front of the wor itlogicall% moies.


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(9!) onl%

- "nl% *teve bought aballoon.

- *teve bought onl% aballoon.


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(9) ought

- #ever use "G2' with23F$ or 230.

- $liminate 23F$ or 230


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(95) parameter

6$** 3$+'3H6$

- 'hese are the parameters to

the problem.+/$$//$0

- 'hese are the limits of theproblem.

(98)


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(98) persecute,prosecute+$/*$'$

- 'o sub


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(98) persecute,prosecute- 2e was +$/*$'$0 for hisreligious beliefs.

-=ac is being +/"*$'$0for libel.

( ) l l h


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(99) +lurals that o noten in -s

- /'$/3, A$03, an+2$#"A$#3 are plural an

shoul not be treate as ifthe%Cre singular.


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(99) +lurals that o not

en in -s#"//$'- 'hat criteria for selecting a

winner is unfair."//$'

- 'hose criteria for selecting a

winner are unfair.


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(9:) poorl%

- use informall% to mean66

- 3voi using this in formalwriting.


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(9:) poorl%

#"/A36

- Aom is feeling poorl%.

"/A36

- Aom is feeling ill.


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(:1) raise, rise

/3*$

-usuall% tae a irect ob


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(:!) real

/$36

-authentic

'he use of /$36 to meanF$/7 or /$3667 shoul beavoie in formal writing.


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(:) sa%s*37* shoul not be

substitute for *30.


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(:) seen

*$$#

-past participle an can beuse as a verb onl% with ahelping verb.


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(:5) set, sit

*$'

-to put in a certain place

*'

-to be seate


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(:8) shape

*23+$

- *patial form

n formal writing, avoiusing *23+$ to mean

"#0'"#.

(:9) l


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(:9) slow,

slowl%*6"&

-

3


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(::) so

*"-a coorination

con


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(:;) 'ae an

- 'his is a nonstanare4pression

- $liminate it entirel%


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(;>) than, then

'23#-use in comparisons

'2$#-3verb

-usuall% refers to time


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(;1) that, which, who

'23'K&22

- /efers to things

&2"

-refers onl% to people

(;!) th i th


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(;!) their, there,the%Cre'2$/

-a possessive pronoun

'2$/$-an averb'2$7C/$

- ontraction of '2$7 3/$

(;) th th th


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(;) them, them there,these here, this her, thathere'2$A- a pronoun

*$ '2$*$ "/ '2"*$ in place of either'2$A or '2$A '2$/$.

'o correct the sentence with '2$*$2$/$, '2* 2$/$, an '23' '2$/$,

simple leave out 2$/$ an '2$/$


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(;) till, until

'hese wors areinterchangeable.

'66- *houl not be spelle '6 or

L'6


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(;5) to, too, two

'"- preposition

'""- averb'&"- a number

(;8) i


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(;8) uniEue-one of a in

t shoul not be use to mean"00, #'$/$*'#G, or #*36.

$4pressions as A"*' #M$,F$/7 #M$ an $I'/$A$67#M$ are illogical.

(;9) & i


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(;9) &ant in, wantout

'hese are nonstanare4pressions for &3#' '" "A$

#, &3#' '" $#'$/, &3#' '"6$3F$, or &3#' '" G$' "'.


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(;:) wa%s

- &37* is plural.

- 0o not use it after the

article 3.

- se instea the singular

&37.


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(1>>) -wise

- 3voi using this suN4 tocreate new wors for a

particular situation.

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