Howto Books The A-Z Of Correct English U

... keep the -e withsoft c and soft g words. It’s the e thatkeeps them soft (courageous,traceable). (SeeSOFT C AND SOFT G.)Don’t keep the -e with these eightexceptions to the rule: truly, duly,ninth, ... beginnerThis rule is really valuable but youmust be aware of some exceptions:"2-1-1 words ending in -l seem to havea rule all of their own. Whether thestress is on the first or...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 09:46

... whether you use ’s or s’ in the plural. It will sort itself out. The tails of the dogs The dogs’ tails Who ‘owns’ the tails? the dogs Put the apostrophe after the owners. the dogs’ Add -s if there ... breaking the moral laws. (note -mm-) amoung Wrong spelling. See AMONG . amount (not ammount) amount or number? AMOUNT is used with non-count nouns: asmallAMOUNT of sugar;...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... brought See BOUGHT OR BROUGHT? . buffalo (singular) buffaloes (plural) See PLURALS (iv) . building (not -iu-) buisness Wrong spelling. See BUSINESS . BUISNESS 29 bureau bureaux, bureaus (plural) ... correct. See FOREIGN PLURALS . bureaucracy (not -sy) burglar (not burgular, as often mispronounced) burned/burnt Both forms are correct. business (not buisness) but See AND/BUT . buy/by Use these...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... Either his brothers or Jack was there. (singular verb this time because ‘Jack’ (singular) is closer to the verb than ‘brothers’) (ii) Be careful to place each part of the ‘either...or’ construction ... a disaster on a huge scale. We gradually realised the full ENORMITY of the tragedy. It is often used in popular speech to mean ‘enormousness’, ‘hugeness’, ‘immensity’. This should b...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... ­ singular -eau foreign plural English plural -eu adieu adieux adieus bureau bureaux bureaus chateau chateaux – milieu milieux milieus plateau plateaux plateaus tableau tableaux – singular -ex ... hippopotamuses nucleus nuclei – radius radii radiuses stimulus stimuli – syllabus syllabi syllabuses terminus termini terminuses tumulus tumuli – The Hebrew plural -im is found in these three .....

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... individual (five syllables) This noun should correctly be used to distinguish one person from the rest of a group or community: the rights of the INDIVIDUAL in society Informally it is also used in the ... correct. (not jewlery as the word is often mispronounced) jodhpurs journey (singular) journeys (plural) See PLURALS (iii) . judgement/judgment Both spellings are correct. jud...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... (singular) mottoes or mottos (plural) See PLURALS (iv) . mould mouldy MOULDY 119 moustache mucous or mucus? MUCOUS is an adjective, as in MUCOUS membrane. The name of the thick secretion of the ... mucous membrane is called MUCUS. murmur murmured, murmuring (not murmer-) mustn’t This is the contracted form of ‘must not’. Take care to place the apostrophe carefully. must of T...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... SPEECH . queue queued, queuing or queueing quiet or quite? The children were as QUIET as mice. (quiet = two syllables) You are QUITE right. (quite = one syllable) quotation or quote? Use these exemplar ... Have you ever camped on the Lizard PENINSULA? PENINSULAR is an adjective, derived from the noun: The PENINSULAR War (1808–1814) was fought on the Iberian PENINSULA between the F...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... (iv) . subtle subtlety subtly success (singular) successes (plural) See PLURALS (ii) . successful successfully successful + ly sufferance suffixes See ADDING ENDINGS . suggest (not surjest) superlative ... forehead. theirselves Incorrect formation. See THEMSELVES . themselves They blame THEMSELVES for the crash. They THEMSELVES were there. there See THEIR, THERE OR THEY’RE? . there is/there ar...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20

... (not unmanagable) See SOFT C AND SOFT G . unmistakable/ Both spellings are correct. unmistakeable unnatural un + natural unnecessary un + necessary unparalleled until (not untill) unusually unusual ... See DISINTERESTED OR UNINTERESTED?. unique Remember, that ‘unique’ is absolute. It means the only one of its kind’. Something is either unique or it’s not. It can’t be ‘quite unique’ or ‘v...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:20