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a, an
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use "a" before words beginning with a consonant sound
use "an" before words beginning with a vowel sound |
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accept, except
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verb - to recieve
Ann accepted the gift verb- to leave out preposition- excluding All my friends will be there except Jeremiah. |
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ain't
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NEVER USE THIS WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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all right
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Always TWO words!
Your science project looks all right to me. |
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a lot
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should be written as two words
I have read a lot today. |
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already
all ready |
Already: previously
All ready: completely prepared |
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Anyways, anywheres, everywheres, nowheres, somewheres
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These words should have no final "s".
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at
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do not use at after where:
Not - Where are the Persian miniatures at? Yes - Where are the Persian miniatures? |
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bad, badly
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Bad: adjective
Badly: adverb Don't treat him badly. This fruit tastes bad |
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beside, besides
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Beside: "By the side of" - preposition
Besides: " in addition to" or "More over". |
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between, among
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Between: two items
Among: A group |
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bring, take
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Bring: "to come carrying something"
Take: "to go carrying something" |
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bust, busted
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do not use these; instead, use these: burst, broke, caught, and arrest
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can't hardly, can't scarcely
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hardly and scarcely are negative words already without can't. Instead, use can or had.
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could of
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don't write OF with the helping verb COULD. write instead could have. also avoid ought to of, should of, would of, might of, and must of.
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fewer, less
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fewer: used with plural words
less: used with singular words fewer tells "how many". less tells "how much". |
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good, well
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Good is an adjective. don't use it as a verb; instead, use well, which doubles as an adverb.
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had ought, hadn't ought
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OUGHT shouldn't be used with HAD.
You ought to learn to dance the polka. |
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he, she, they
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don't use these pronouns right next to its antecedent or else it's called Double Subject.
Michael Jordan HE was the best basket-ball player ever. Michael Jordan was the best basket-ball player ever. |
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hisself, theirself, theirselves
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these words are nonstandard english. instead, use himself and themselves.
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how come
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HOW COME is often used instead of WHY. use WHY instead
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its, it's
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its: possessive
it's: it is or it has |
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kind, sort, type
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these words should be used accordingly with the following words: this, that, these, and those.
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kind of, sort of
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use "somewhat" or "rather" instead.
"i feel kind of tired." "i feel somewhat tired." |
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learn, teach
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learn: to acquire knowledge
teach: to instruct or show how |
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leave, let
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leave: to go away
let: to allow or permit |
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like, as
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like is a preposition; it often starts a prepositional phrase. "as" is used also to introduce prepositional phrases. in proper english, "as" is perfered.
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like, as if, as though
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like shouldn't be used in place of as if or as though.
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of
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do not use "of" with prepositions such as 'inside, off, and outside'.
We waited outside (not outside of) the theater. |
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real
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"very" or "extremely"
Wrong: the new car is real quiet. Right: The new car is "very" quiet. |
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some, somewhat
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do not use "some" for the adverb "somewhat".
I like baseball some. - wrong I like baseball somewhat. -right |
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than, then
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than: subordinating conjunction used in making expressions.
then: adverb meaning "next" or "after that" |
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their, there, they're
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their: possessive form of they
there: "at that place" they're: contraction of they are |
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them
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them should not be used as an adjective. use "these" or "those"
'Where did you put those (not them) papers?' |
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this here, that there
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the words 'here' and 'there' are not needed after the words 'this' and 'that'.
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try and
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try and is often used instead of 'try to'.
Wrong - I will try and be there early. Right - I will try to be there early. |
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use to, used to
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don't leave off the 'd' when you write 'used to'. same goes for 'supposed to'.
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way, ways
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use way, not ways, in referring to a distance.
"Do we have to go a long way(not ways) out of town?" |
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when, where
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don't use when or where incorrectly to begin a definition.
'a homophone is when a word sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling.' right - 'A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling. |
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where
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don't use 'where' for 'that'.
did you read in the newsletter that(not where) the teen center is closing. |
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who, which, that
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who: people only
which: things only that: both |
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whose, who's
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whose is used as the possessive form of who and as an interrogative pronoun. Who's is a contraction of "who is" or "who has".
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without, unless
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don't use the preposition "without" in place of the conjunction "unless".
I can't go unless(not without) I ask Dad. |
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your, you're
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"your" is the possessive form of "you". "you're" is the contraction "you are".
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