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| Afflicted _____ | AFFLICTED WITH - I am afflicted with aids.
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| Try ___ | TRY TO (not try and) - Try to finish your work quickly so that we can party.
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| Ask ___ | ASK OF - What do you ask of life?
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| Different ____ | Different from - This potato is different from that one.
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| Dispute ___ | DISPUTE OVER - The men had a dispute over money
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| Continue ____ | CONTINUE - Continue the meeting.
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| Equal ___ | EQUAL TO - I am not equal to the task.
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| Partake ____ | PARTAKE OF - After I eat the mousse, I will partake of the pudding.
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| Conform ___ | CONFORM TO - The men refused to conform to the expectations of Mr. Dingdong.
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| In search ___ | IN SEARCH OF - Barmore was in search of modulos.
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| Buy ____ | BUY FROM - Don't buy anything from that sleazy operator.
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| Prohibit _____ | PROHIBIT FROM - The parents do not PROHIBIT their child FROM staying up late.
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| Name ___ | NAME - named Minister of Fun
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| Sympathy __ (Compassion) | SYMPATHY FOR - I have sympathy for Bob.
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| Sympathy __ (To meant agreement, sharing of feelings) | SYMPATHY WITH - I am IN SYMPATHY WITH your position.
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| Tend ___ | TEND - Tend the campfire
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| Mistake ___ | MISTAKE FOR - (not mistake as) 0 Don't MISTAKE me FOR a fool.
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| Separate ___ | Separate FROM - She couldn't separate reality from fantasy.
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| fix - "IN REGARDS TO" | In regard to , regarding
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| fix "irregardless" | regardless
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| Fix "Where at" | Where
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| Fix "as to" | About
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| Fix "had ought" | Just never put together.
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| Fix "in the event that" | if
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| MILITATE VS. MITIGATE? | Militate = to infleunce Mitigate - to comfort, mollify
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| Nauseated vs. Nauseous | Nauseated is how you feel vs Nauseous causes your feeling
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| Tortuous vs. Torturous | Tortuous (no r) means winding, twisting vs. Torturous = torture
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| Felicitous vs. Fortuitous | Felictious = appropriate vs. Fortuituous - happening by chance
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| MARKED ___ | MARKED BY - The policy change was marked by....
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| Complete | Absolute Adjective - no superlatives not more complete
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| Superior | Not more superior
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| Excellent | Absolute Adjective
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| Perfect Unique | Absolute Adjectives
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| Fewer --->>> | Many (Countable things) like marshmallows
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| Less -->>> | Much (Uncountable things/blobs) like jello I ate less jello.
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| Wring, | I wrung, I had wrung
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| SWEAR | I SWORE, I HAD SWORN
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| Shake | I shook, I HAD SHAKEN
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| I weep | I wept, I HAD WEPT
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| I FREEZE like a deer. | FROZE, HAD FROZEN
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| I DIVE | DIVED, I HAD DIVED
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| LIE | LAY, HAD LAIN (lie with body)
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| LAY | LAID, HAD LAID (An object)
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| Shrink | Shrank/Shrunk, HAD SHRUKEN/HAD SHRUNK
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| Blow | Blew, Blown
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| SUCH AS | FOR EXAMPLE
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| LIKE | PREPOSITION (COMPARSION), NEVER NEVER WITH VERBS OR CONJUCTION I ran as if I was on fire
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| Necessary ____ Understanding / Verbing | NECESSARY FOR - It's necessary for understanding...
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| Understanding ___ | Understanding of
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| Criticize them ___ _____ | CRITICIZE THEM FOR BEING aloof (not criticize them of)
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| Fond ___ | FOND OF
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| Admire them ____ | Admire them for
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| Basis ____ | BASIS FOR
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| Agreed ____ ; The decision that has just been agreed ___ by the members | AGREED TO (not agreed with, but I agree with you) The decision has been agreed to
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| Extending from blah ___ blah | Extending FROM blah TO blah
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| FIX As long ago as | ITS RIGHT
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| Discriminate ____ them | Discriminate AMONG them
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| Rejected ___ | Rejected BY
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| Capable ___ damaging | CAPABLE OF damaging
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| Necessary ___ find ways | Necessary TO find ways
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| Accustomed ____ | ACCUSTOMED TO writers from other cultural backgrounds
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| Accessible ___ | Accesible TO readers
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| Known.... | KNOWN AS
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| Impone penalties ____ | IMPOSE PENALTIES ON hit and run drivers
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| Interested ___ | INTERESTED IN learning
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| New thinking ____ | NEW THINKING ABOUT symbolism
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| FOR + VERBING | for having authored , for being
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| Having Been | Is correct
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| Committed blah ____ | Committed their lives TO
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| Engaged ____ | ENGAGED IN
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| Fix - UNDER WHICH | It's correct UNDER WHICH IS RIGHT
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| Responsible ___ | RESPONSIBLE FOR
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| More Likely / Likelier | Both are right
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| Available ____ | Available TO
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| Amount (Give Examples) | Wheat, Water, Land, Noise, Sleep
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| Owing To | Owing to can start a sentence; DUE TO can not
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| Hanged | Refers to nooses/execution only; otherwise, use hung
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| Appraise vs. Apprise | Apprise = advise
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| Fix "a lot" and "lots of" | very much and many
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| When do you avoid "around"? | With time, distance, quantity; NOT It's around 10 dollars. USE ABOUT
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| Fix "both alike" | Alike
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| Each other vs. one another | Each other refers to 2 people
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| What's the issue with "else"? | Don't use "else" with anyone or no one. So, Don't sit under the tree with ANYONE but me. not anyone else
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| Flunk vs. Fail | Don't use Flunk
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| What's wrong iwth "free gift"? | Redundant
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| Graduate ___ | GRADUATE FROM
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| What's wrong with "themself?" | ITS THEMSELVES
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| "Is when/Is where" | Never use in a definition.
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| What is used instead of "like" and "maybe" to make estimates? | Approximately, perhaps, about (NOT There were like twenty cars." There were about 20 cars.
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| What's wrong iwth more preferable? | It should be preferable. PREFERABLE never IS SUPERLATVE
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| What's wrong with "use to" ? Brian use to arrive late to class. | ITS USED TO. Brian used to arrive late to classs.
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| Redolent | 1) Aromatic 2) Suggestive of, reminds you of
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| convivial | social, merry, festive
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| insular | related to an island; isolated
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| histrionic | related to actors; overacting, melodramatic
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| viscous | sticky, not flowing
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| compendious** | succinct
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| litigious | engaged in lawsuits
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| As when can be right | (blank)
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| grateful___ | grateful for
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| arise, arose, have __ | have arisen
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| discourage you ___ | discourage you from
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| appraisal ____ | appraisal of
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| identify ___ | identify by
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| wistful | wishful yearning, sad
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| culminate ____ | culminate in
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| known ____ | known for
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| "than compared to" is WRONG and WORDY | Than Compared to ==> Than
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| frustrated ___ | frustrated BY
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| "may be" is singular and/or plural verb phrase. They may be. She may be. | (blank)
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| invaluable ___ | invaluable TO
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| voted ___ | voted against
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| worried ___ | worried ABOUT
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| involved __ | involved IN
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| cities + in which is fine [where not necessary] | (blank)
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| Take into account is right | (blank)
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| a bike is ___ [form of to ride] | a bike IS RIDDEN
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| condemn ___ | condemn AS
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| impress ___ | impressed with
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| information ___ topics | information ON topics
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| populate ___ | populate BY
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