English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide
250 English Grammar Demystifi ed its (indicating possession), it’s (contraction for it is) jeans (pants), genes (basic units of ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^251 peal (ring), peel (remove outer layer) pedal (foot-operated lever), peddle (sell) peer (gaze, ...
252 English Grammar Demystifi ed sole (only; bottom of foot), soul (spirit; essence) some (a number of), sum (total; money) spad ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^253 wait (stay), weight (heaviness) waive (surrender claim), wave (ocean ripple; to motion with th ...
254 English Grammar Demystifi ed HOMOGRAPHS Just to be clear, there is yet another group of words to mention: homographs. Homo- ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^255 Excuse: 1. EKskyooz—to let someone off; 2. ekSKYOOS—a reason or explanation The judge said, “ ...
256 English Grammar Demystifi ed Separate: 1. SEPerATE—to divide into groups; 2. SEPret—not joined together SEPerATE the cotton ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^257 After the hurricane, one of the main tasks was to the victims. Today, workers are judged on h ...
258 English Grammar Demystifi ed On the other hand, misused words and phrases present an additional challenge. There is no singl ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^259 Incorrect: She looks as her sister. Correct: She looks like her sister. Correct: He ran like t ...
260 English Grammar Demystifi ed Correct: You should eat less meat. This sentence is correct because meat is uncountable. have v ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^261 Words That Sound Almost Alike but Have Different Meanings Many words fall into this category. ...
262 English Grammar Demystifi ed allusion (indirect reference), illusion (mistaken idea) Only a few people were aware of my allu ...
CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^263 Written Practice 11-6 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. I see you sweating: ...
264 English Grammar Demystifi ed QUIZ Choose the correct word to complete each of the following sentences. Monet’s color (palle ...
265 PART FOUR TEST Choose the correct spelling for each misspelled word. Be sure to ask for a reciept. (a) resiet (b) reciet (c ...
266 PART FOUR TEST Happyness is not always possible. (a) Hapiness (b) Happines (c) Happynes (d) Happiness Max has an unatural l ...
PART FOUR TEST 267 (c) relief (d) rellief Bright Airways fl ys to Chicago. (a) fl yes (b) fl yies (c) fl is (d) fl ies Two woma ...
268 PART FOUR TEST This memo superseeds all others. (a) superseeds (b) supersedes (c) supraseeds (d) suppersedes Whatever you d ...
PART FOUR TEST 269 Have you told your children this? “Don’t eat (to/too/two) many sweets!” On his fi rst solo skiing experience ...
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