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| Around: not an approximation; circumference About: approximation (about 5'7"; she'll come about 3:15) |
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Accept: verb, to take
Except: besides, with the exception of |
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Affect: verb, to have an effect upon
Effect: noun, result (exception: verb, the politition effected (brought about) change) |
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Aggravate: to make something (generally an injury) worse
Irritate: Something/someone is annoying |
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All right: spelled correctly
Alright: DOES NOT EXIST |
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Allusion: a reference to something
Illusion: false impression |
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Among: used with three or more (the secret was shared among the group of friends)
Between: only used with two (the secret was safe between my friend and I |
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| DO NOT USE IN FORMAL PAPERS |
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Anxious: nervous
Eager: excited |
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Like: preposition (I look like him)
As: conjunction, subject follows (They arrived at seven as they said they would) |
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Beside: next to
Besides: in addition to |
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DO NOT USE
redundant, use "concerns" |
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| Compare to VS Compare with |
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Compare to: similarities between two unlike things
Compare with: two unlike things with differences |
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Continual: non-stop (it snowed continually)
Continuous: interrupting (continuously interrupted class) |
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DO NOT USE IT
use "different from" |
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| Uninterested VS Disinterested |
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Uninterested: don't care
Disinterested: not biased, no sides |
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| Use "enthusiastic" instead |
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| Unique: No option for not complete; either yes or no; absolute: all the way without exception |
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Farther: phuysical distance
Further: mental distance |
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Fewer: countable (fewer people)
Less: a quantity (less gas) |
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Flaunt: show off
Flout: blatently break teh rules |
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(A situation/event) was fun. I had fun.
NOT that was a fun (dance/game/even). Not to be used as an adjective |
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Imply: speaker
Infer: listener |
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Is when: 6th period is when I have history. NOT: sliding in soccer is when...
Is where: The auditorium is where health is. NOT: Icing in hockey is where...
Not used as defining terms |
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| Language specific to a group is used (icing: hockey) (fancy: library-> media center) AVOID IT |
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Kind of: that kind of candy is Hersheys
SOrt of: this sort of jacket is warm
NO the dance was (kind of/sort) of fun |
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Lend: verb, to lend someone money
Loan: noun, I got a loan |
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Real: adjective, real-life situation
Really: adverb, really quick |
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Torturous: pertaining to torture
Tortuous: winding |
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Otherwise, clockwise
NOT schoolwise, guywise, lockerwise |
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| Very, quite, rather, pretty, little |
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-remove from writing
-remove as adjectives, descriptive words
-NO: very small, quite lovely, rather tall, pretty smart, a little weird
-find a word that's going to fit |
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