... cream at a local DAIRY. Kate writes in her DIARY every day. dangling participles See PARTICIPLES. dashes Dashes are used widely in informal notes and letters. (i) A dash can be used to attach an afterthought: Ishouldlovetocome–that’sifIcan get ... computer, camera, the lot. (iii) A dash can precede a summary: Video, television, cassettes, computer, camera – the thieves took the lot. (...
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... work of a moment. Amoment’swork. APOSTROPHES 19 attach attached, attaching, attachment (not -tch) audible (not -able) audience (not -ance) aural or oral? AURAL refers to the ears and hearing. ORAL ... See ACQUAINTANCE. aquarium (singular) aquaria or aquariums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. APPAL 20 altogether See ALL TOGETHER OR ALTOGETHER?. Alzheimer’s disease (not Alze-) amateur (not -mm...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_2 ppt
... k in curtain. See SOFT C AND SOFT G. changeable (not -gable) See SOFT C AND SOFT G. chaos chaotic character (not charachter) chateau/cha ˆ teau chateaux or cha ˆ teaux (plural) (singular) See FOREIGN ... area, and part of a meal: an advanced COURSE to change COURSE agolfCOURSE the main COURSE codeine (not -ie-) colander (not -ar) collaborate collaborated, collaborating collaborator collab...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_4 pot
... DRAUGHT of ale, a game of DRAUGHTS and a boat having a shallow DRAUGHT. drawers or draws? DRAWS is a verb. She DRAWS very well for a young child. DRAWERS is a noun. The DRAWERS of the sideboard ... in alphabetical order.) facilities or faculties? FACILITIES = amenities FACULTIES = mental or physical aptitudes facinate Wrong spelling. See FASCINATE. factory (singular) factori...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_5 doc
... virtuosos singular -on automaton automata automatons criterion criteria – ganglion ganglia ganglions phenomenon phenomena – singular -um aquarium aquaria aquariums bacterium bacteria – curriculum curricula ... HORDE?. HOARD OR HORDE? 88 singular -eau foreign plural English plural -eu adieu adieux adieus bureau bureaux bureaus chateau chateaux – milieu milieux milieus plateau plateaux plat...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_6 pptx
... the camel family landscape (not lanscape) language (not langage) larva (singular) larvae (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. later or latter? LATER is the comparative of ‘late’. (late, later, latest) IwillseeyouLATER. You ... (plural) See PLURALS (iii). labour laborious laid See ADDING ENDINGS (iii) (exception to rule). See LAY OR LIE?. lain See LAY OR LIE?. lama or llama? LAMA = a Buddhist pri...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_7 potx
... writing: Dear Madam (note capital letter) " as a formal title of respect: Thank you, Madam Speaker (note capital letter) Use MADAME as the French equivalent: " We are going to Madame Tussaud’s. " ... The famous French physicist, Madame Curie, was born in Poland. magic -e Also known as silent -e and mute -e. See ADDING ENDINGS (ii). mahogany maintain maintenance (not maintai...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_8 ppt
... Compare also the paragraphing of speech. See INVERTED COMMAS. paralyse/paralyze Both spellings are correct. paralysis paraphernalia parent (not perant) parenthesis (singular) parentheses (plural) See FOREIGN ... PLURALS. parliament parliamentary parrafin Wrong spelling. See PARAFFIN. partake or participate? PARTAKE = to share with others (especially food and drink) PARTICIPATE =tojoinina...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_9 pptx
... (singular) sanatoria or sanatoriums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. sandwich (not sanwich) sarcasm See IRONY OR SARCASM?. sat See SIT. satellite Saturday saucer scan Scan has a number of meanings ... for the time of seasonal? year (SEASONABLE weather) SEASONAL = happening at a particular season (SEASONAL employment) secretary (singular) secretaries (plural) (not secer-) See PLURALS (iii...
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_10 pot
... It can’t be ‘quite unique’ or ‘very unique’. unmanageable (not unmanagable) See SOFT C AND SOFT G. unmistakable/ Both spellings are correct. unmistakeable unnatural un + natural unnecessary un ... Team-Fly ® T tableau (singular) tableaux (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. tactics See STRATEGY OR TACTICS?. taping or tapping? tape + ing = taping tap + ing = tapping tariff (not -rr-) taught ......
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