English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide
290 FINAL EXAM The nuts and cranberries in my salad tastes so crunchy. (a) The nuts and cranberries in my salad tastes so crunc ...
FINAL EXAM 291 He ain’t leaving until he fi nishes his work. (a) He ain’t going nowhere until he fi nishes his work. (b) He ain ...
292 FINAL EXAM The dress lost it’s color after two washings. (a) The dress lost its color after two washings. (b) The dress los ...
FINAL EXAM 293 (c) My reason for going to the mall on Monday at 10 A.M. was that I knew it would be less crowded. (d) I went to ...
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295 a while: It should only take a little while to learn that this expression is two words, not one. awhile: With the two words ...
(^296) Most Commonly Misspelled Words a lot: If you allot some time for learning that this expression is two words, you should m ...
Most Commonly Misspelled Words^297 committed: Let’s hope you are committed to learning the double-consonant rule: Consonants at ...
(^298) Most Commonly Misspelled Words gauge: Learn to gauge the positions of the a and u in this word; they are in alphabetical ...
Most Commonly Misspelled Words^299 kernel: There is more than a kernel of truth in the claim colonel is spelled peculiarly to be ...
(^300) Most Commonly Misspelled Words necessary: It is necessary to use two s’s but only one c to write this word right every ti ...
Most Commonly Misspelled Words^301 proceed: You may proceed to the spelling of precede and supersede once you know that this wor ...
(^302) Most Commonly Misspelled Words succeed: If you want to succeed in this world, you must learn how to spell succeed. Rememb ...
303 APPENDIX B The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors Some errors are so common that many people accept them as correct—but they’re no ...
(^304) The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors Incorrect: They had broke down the door. Correct: They had broken down the door. (irregu ...
The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors^305 Incorrect: Our company can handle everything quick and easy. Correct: Our company can handl ...
(^306) The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors Incorrect: Mara arranged her desk fi rst then in a real fi t of neatness she started org ...
The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors^307 Incorrect: There’s enough people for our game tonight. Correct: There are enough people for ...
(^308) The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors Incorrect: The President would describe the problem different. Correct: The President wo ...
The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors^309 Incorrect: Our hearts were heavy with grief nevertheless we knew we had to explain our frie ...
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