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36 Cards in this Set
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"A" is used before words that begin with a _____________ ______________ |
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"An" is used before words that begin with a _____________ ______________ |
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Is Accept a verb or preposition |
Verb - meaning 'to receive' |
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Is Except a verb or a preposition |
Preposition - meaning 'not including' |
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What does "Ain't" mean? Is it standard or non-standard? |
A non-standard contraction for "am not." Instead use am not, is not, are not, have not, etc. |
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Which is correct: Alot or a lot? |
A lot. Alot is a misspelling. |
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Which is correct: Alright or all right? |
All right. Alright is a misspelling of all right. |
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When do you use "between"? |
Used when comparing just TWO items or people. |
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When do you use "among"? |
When comparing THREE OR MORE items or people. |
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Define "homonym" |
Words that sound the same and may or may not have the same spelling. |
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capital |
a town or city that is acenter of government |
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capitol |
the building in which astate legislature meets |
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Capitol |
the buildingin Washington, D.C., in which the U.S. Congress meets |
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Desert |
noun – a wasteland; verb – abandon |
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Dessert |
a dish, usually sweet, served as the last course of ameal |
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Pain |
an unpleasant physical sensation |
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Pane |
a piece of glass used in adoor or window |
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Pray |
verb – to make an earnest request |
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Prey |
verb – to hunt, to victimize; noun – an animal that is hunted, a victim |
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Principal |
noun – a person who holds the highest rank; adjective – main or mostimportant |
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Principle |
a basic truth or guidingpolicy |
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Profit |
verb – to benefit or earn; noun – a gain or income |
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Prophet |
a predictor,the interpreter through whomGod speaks |
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Role |
a part orposition that an individual plays |
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Roll |
noun – a register or list, a portion of bread; verb – to turn over |
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Stationary |
adjective – unmoving |
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Stationery |
noun – writing paper |
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Than |
conjunction – introduces the second part of a comparison Is Anna older (than, then) Alison? |
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Then |
adverb – indicates time Hit the ball and (than, then) run around the bases. |
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To |
= preposition – often indicates direction I am going TO the store. |
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Two |
= adjective – used as a number word I ate TWO candy bars today. |
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Too |
= adverb – also, very You can’t have (to, two, too) much fruit in your diet; but you can have TOO many candy bars! :-) |
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Wear |
verb - to have on, todamage
(Wear, Where) is the library? |
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Where |
•adverb – indicating place or position Long use will (wear, where) out these shoes. |
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Were |
•verb – the third-person, plural form of be |
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We're |
•contraction – we are (Were, We’re) not going to be late today, however. |
