words frequently confused part c notes and in-class exercises
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Words Frequently Confused
Part C
Notes and In-class exercises
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Exercise C
• Personal– individual– The manager gave the
customer his personal attention.
• Personnel– a group of people
employed in the same place
– The management added four new employees to the personnel.
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Personal Trainer
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Exercise C
• Principal– head of a school– main or most
important– The principal job of the
principal is to represent the school.
• Principle– rule of conduct– main fact or law– Her principles are very
high.– On what principle did
you base your argument?
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Exercise C
• Quiet– silent, still– To study properly, one
should make sure there is complete quiet.
• Quite– very– Are you quite sure the
studio is soundproof?
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Exercise C
• Shone– past tense of shine– The sun shone in the
sky.
• Shown– revealed or
demonstrated– The movie was shown
after dinner.
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Exercise C
• Stationary– in a fixed position– One of the desks is
movable; the other is stationary.
• Stationery– writing paper– That purple and
perfumed stationery is in bad taste.
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Stationary guard
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Exercise C
• Than– a conjunction used
for comparisons– She is smarter than I
am.
• Then– at that time– next– We swam for an hour;
then we went home.– They didn’t know me
then.
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Exercise C
• Their– possessive of they– Their new apartment
has a view of the river.
• There– a place– an expletive or place
holder– There are three rats
over there.• They’re
- they are- They’re singing off key.
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He doesn’t understand any of the (principals, principles) of physics.
Exercise C, #1
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The sun (shone, shown) all day.
Exercise C, #2
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The rabbit suddenly stopped and remained (stationery, stationary) for a few minutes.
Exercise C, #3
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He acts much older (than, then) he really is.
Exercise C, #4
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She spoke in a (quite, quiet) voice which was (quite, quiet) different than her usual noisy chatter.
Exercise C, #5
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You ask too many (personnel, personal) questions.
Exercise C, #6
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A collection of his paintings was (shone, shown) to the public last week.
Exercise C, #7
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You should never bother the animals when (their, they’re, there) eating.
Exercise C, #8
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In school we study the (principals, principles) on which our country was founded.
Exercise C, #9
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(Quite, Quiet) soon after the strange uproar, all became (quite, quiet) again.
Exercise C, #10
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The bookstore is having a big sale on (stationery, stationary).
Exercise C, #11
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We are going to (there, their, they’re) house.
Exercise C, #12
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All the (personal, personnel) in the store received a bonus at Christmas.
Exercise C, #13
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If you see the (principle, principal) in the hall, tell her she is wanted in the main office.
Exercise C, #14
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I don’t care what (their, they’re, there) parents let them do; you’re not going to the rap concert.
Exercise C, #15