Mixing up Words That Look the Same

... 181 Mixing up Words That Look the Same C HAPTER 9 Mixing up Words That Look the Same 181 In Chapter 8 we examined words that sound the same; in this unit, we’ll learn to tell apart words that look ... to tell apart words that look the same like members of the same family that all have the same pecu- liar nose. Some of these words a...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... 169 Mixing up Words That Sound the Same C HAPTER 8 Mixing up Words That Sound the Same 169 One of the great things about the English language is its extraordinary depth. It has so many words that ... Peter’s legal advice wasn’t all that trustworthy. q Bad Grammar Ch 08.pmd 3/17/2004, 9:46 AM170 171 Mixing up Words That Sound the Same How dare you...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... because they sound or look the same. In this chapter, we’ll take a look at words that are often mistaken for one another because their meanings are related in some way. These are almost always words ... whole; the whole is composed of the parts. In the example sentence, the meaning is that the 10 sedentary men, in this case, the parts, make up the whole, which i...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... certi-fied that they had reviewed the Informed Consent with their personal healthcare provider or physician and that they had no medical conditions that would preclude their participation. ... demographics for the three groups, sug-gesting that they were reasonably similar at baseline. Among the compliant sub-group, there also was no significant differences on these baseline ......

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... V + the same ( age/ height/ weight /class…. ) + AS + S2 This book is the same as that one.(Quyển sách này giống như quyển sách kia.) You are not the same age as I. = You and I are not the same ... Give the correct form of the verbs in the blankets: 1. The Moon (move) ………………………………….....…. around the Earth. 2. The children (play) ………………………………….....…. in the park...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2013, 01:27

... rằng người Ai Cập không phải là dòng dõi Adam. Theo tập Exodus là Jehovah (chương 6) "là Ðức Chúa Trời của người Do Thái" (The Lord of the Hebrews, chương 3), vậy Ðức Chúa Trời trong ... triệu tàn lửa, mỗi tàn lửa là một linh hồn bao quanh Ðại Thể, mỗi linh hồn được tự do đi theo ý muốn của mình. Theo các Dẫn Đạo Sư, tất cả chúng ta được tạo nên cùng một lúc trong lần bùng nổ tàn...

Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2013, 17:19

... from the Indo-European root gen- (to give birth), the source of words such as generate, engine, indigenous, and germ. ● The theory that the Highlanders were impregnable may be supportable, but the ... (days). From the fact that the sixth day before the calends of March (February 24) appeared twice every leap year to make up for the extra time. 80 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Pa...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 16:20

... (1868–1930) Two Sides of the Same Coin In Mandarin the words buy and sell are the same in the spo- ken language, differing only in the tone used. And the two words together mean business. —Rachel ... good. It makes sure that Earth will go around the Sun in the same way as it has in the past and will bring the summer to ripen the mangoes. Patterns are good, to...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 16:20

... guess there aren’t very many French words with a W in them. Then there’s the Polish version, in which a z is worth a single point. In German Scrabble, the rules once required players to pick up ... (path), in the sense of “path over the head,” opposite of nadir. ● “Unlike Huntington, I therefore maintain that clashes of civilizations reached their peak in the age of imperialis...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 16:20

... old words that have continued to do their job despite their age, as you can see in the examples. They are old-fashioned but serviceable, and that s the reason they are still making the rounds. They ... a few words that defeat the spell-checker. You could use them to your advantage: to defeat your opponents in a game of Scrabble. These words appear to be misspellings of comm...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 16:20