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 |