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