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39 Cards in this Set
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a, an
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(a)Consonant sound
(an)vowel sound |
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accept
except |
verb-to Receive
To leave out |
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ain't
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Don't use it
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all right
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Always TWO words
(it looks good) |
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a lot
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should be written as two words
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already, all ready
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1 preciously
2 completely prepared |
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among
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see between
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anyways, anywhere, everywheres, nowheres, somewheres
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NO FINAL S!
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as
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liked
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as if, as though
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like, as if, as though
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at
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Do not use at after where
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bad badly
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Bad adjective, badly adverb
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Beside, Besides
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beside preposition
Besides preposition, adverb |
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Between among
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between in the middle
among a group rather than individual |
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Bring take
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Bring to came carrying something
take as related to go |
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bust busted
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bust used for verbs
busted break or catch |
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Can't hardly, Can't scarcely
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hardly and scarcely are negative words
Can't should not be used |
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could of
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is a helping verb
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don't doesn't
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1 do not use 2 use with subject and verbs
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fewer less
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1 is used with plural word
2 used with singular words |
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good well
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1 adjective 2 verb
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had ought hadn't ought
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ought verb
do not used with had |
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he she they
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do not use a pronoun along with its antecedent as the subject if a web
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hisself theirself theirselves
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used himself and themselves
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how come
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in informal english
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its it's
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Its is a personal pronoun It's is a contraction
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kind sor type
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this these and those should agree with the words kind sort and type
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kind of sort of
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informal english, often used to mean somewhat or rather
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learn teach
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learn means to acquire knowledge
teach means to instruct |
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like as
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like is a preposition
as is a conjunction |
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like, as if, as though
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standard english and a conjunctions
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Of
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Do not use with prepositions such as inside, off, and outside
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real
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Real is often used as an adverb meaning very ir extremely
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some somewhat
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Do not use some for the adverb somewhat
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Than then
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That is a subodinating conjuction used in making comparisons
is an adverb |
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Their there they're
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Their isthe possessive form of they
There is used to mean place They're is a contraction of they are |
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Them
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Them should not be used as an adjective used these or those
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This here that there
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This and that should be used
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Try and
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it is often used for try to
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