... didn’t bring a
tie.
It was a casual meeting. We met
by chance.
24. Certainly & surely Unemployment is certainly rising.
Look at these figures!
Unemployment is surely rising.
Look ... because she is mean.
I’m hating her because she is
mean.
58. Intend & attempt I intend to attend university when I
finish school
I attempt to attend university
when I finish school. ... because she is mean.
I’m hating her because she is
mean.
58. Intend & attempt I attempt to attend university
when I finish school.
I intend to attend university when I
finish school...
... it.
7. This song is simple enough for us to sing.
A. This song is so simple that we can sing. B. This song is so simple that we can sing it.
C. This song is so simple for us to sing D. It is such ... sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.
C. Mary prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singing.
12. It took him two hours to do his homework.
A. He spent two hours to do his ... since my sister last rung B. It’s for hours since my sister last rung.
C. It was hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.
11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.
A....
... but a chaise is just a
chair.
CHAUVINIST/MALE CHAUVINIST, SEXIST
Nicolas Chauvin of Rochefort became a laughingstock in Napoleon's army for his
exaggerated nationalism, and his name ... the speaker is trying to argue for
is said in formal logic to "beg the question." Here is an example of a question-begging
argument: "This painting is trash because it is obviously ... an exaggerated
belief in the superiority of one's own kind in other respects. Following this pattern, feminists
in the 1970s invented the term "male chauvinist" to label people...
... Part
1
41
Insist on,
not to.
Don't say:
He
always insisted
to
his opinion.
/ Say:
He
always insisted on his opinion.
No'.e
Persist
take;,
in
He
persisted
in his
silly ... of, insist on, tired of, succeed in.
Examples: I'm tired of doing the work again. He
succeeded in catching the rat.
3
After certain verbs, such as
avoid,
enjoy, finish, stop,
risk,
...
Misused forms
Using the wrong preposition
1
Misuse of the infinitive 13
Use of the wrong tense
18
Miscellaneous examples 28
Un -English expressions
40
Part 2
Incorrect omissions
Omission...
...
namely (naming something you
have just referred to
67
Words
6.2 Prefixes
A common way of making new words inEnglishis by adding standard combinations of
letters to existing words, ...
Noun + suffix.
-ist
is a common suffix added to existing nouns to describe people and
their jobs :
ecologist, journalist, artist
.
Adjective + suffix. Nouns are also formed by adding ...
complicated and vary in different publishing houses and between individual writers.
American English uses rather fewer hyphens than British English. If you are in doubt,
check in a dictionary....