... PRECEDE
OR
PROCEED?.
proclaim
proclamation
(not -claim-)
profession
(not
-ff-)
professional
166
PROPHECY
OR
PROPHESY?
professor
profit
profited,
profiting
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
prognosis
See
... respect.
(d)
She's
a
politician
I
have
a
great deal
of
respect
FOR.
present
(not
-ant)
165
PRESENT
PRESUME
presume
See
ASSUME
OR
PRESUME?.
priest
See
EI/IE
SPELLING...
... pronoun.
A
mismatch
can
result
in
unintended hilarity.
See
AMBIGUITY
(v).
particle
particular
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PENICILLIN
penicillin
peninsula
or
peninsular?
PENINSULA
is a
noun meaning
a
narrow piece
... repulsive?
Both
words mean
'causing
disgust
or
aversion'.
REPULSIVE,
however,
is the
stronger
of the
two;
it
has the
sense
of
causing
'intense
disgust',
even
horror
... right,
(quite
= one
syllable)
quotation
or
quote?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
169
•II
QUOTATION
MARKS
Use
as
many
QUOTATIONS
as you
can.
Use
as
many quotes...
... should
be
avoided.
roof
(singular) roofs (plural)
(not
rooves)
royal
See
REGAL
OR
ROYAL?.
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RHYTHM
SECRETARY
scissors
Scotch,
Scots
or
Scottish?
Use
SCOTCH only
in
such phrases
as
... offence.
The
words
SCOTS
is
often used
in
connection
with aspects
of
language:
He
has a
strong SCOTS accent.
The
SCOTS language
is
quite distinct
from
English.
What
is the
SC...
... offence.
The
words
SCOTS
is
often used
in
connection
with aspects
of
language:
He
has a
strong SCOTS accent.
The
SCOTS language
is
quite distinct
from
English.
What
is the
SCOTS
... if'.
You
look
as
if
you've
seen
a
ghost.
Her
hair
was
like silk.
Compare
METAPHOR.
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SINGULAR
OR
PLURAL?
(ii)
'Either
.or'
and
'neither
.nor'
are
followed
... in Baltimore.
YOURE (đại từ + động từ) - Viết tắt của you + are.
Ví dụ:
Youre going to enjoy the panorama from the top of the hill.
Các từ có điểm giống nhau dễ nhầm lẫn.
ACCEPT (v) : chấp nhận.
Ví ... với danh từ không đếm đợc).
A large quantity of sand was removed before the archeologists found the prehistoric animal bones.
AMONG (giới từ) : Chỉ ra mối quan hệ trong (hoặc...