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THE USE OF”whom” and “who”

★ Who = subjective pronoun, like “he,” “she,” “it” – acts as a subject.

★ Whom = objective pronoun, like “him,” “her” “us”

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THE USE OF“lay” and “lie”

★ Lay – transitive verb; needs a direct subject and an object.

★ Lie – intransitive verb and needs no object.

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CONTINUAL& “Continuous”

★ Continual = something is constantly occurring, but with lapses in occurrences.

★ Continuous = something that continues without any stops or gaps.

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THE USE OF“whether” and “if”

★ Whether = conditional; used when there are two or more alternatives

★ If = no alternatives

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THE USE OF“farther” and “further”

★ Farther = used for physical distance.

★ Further = used for abstract lengths.

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THE USE OF

★ Disinterested = someone who is impartial. No bias.

★ Uninterested = someone who really just couldn’t care less.

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“disinterested” and “uninterested”

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THE USE OF“since” and “because”

★ Since = time-related..

★ Because = cause related..

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THE USE OF“bring” and “take”

★ Bring = moving an object towards something.

★ Take = moving an object away from something..

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THE USE OF“affect” and “effect”

★ Affect = almost always a verb; means to influence..

★ Effect = usually describes the result or an outcome. In some cases, is used

as a transitive verb..

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THE USE OF“i.e.” and “e.g.”

★ I.e. = you are describing the essence of something..

★ E.g. = basically used for listing down or enumerating examples..

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THE USE OF“which” and “who”

★ Which = refers to object/non-humans..

★ Who = refers to humans..

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THE USE OF“your” and “you’re”

★ Your = Possessive. Your dog, your bag, your car.

★ You’re = You + are. Describes a state of being. You’re a doctor. You’re a

teacher. You’re a child.

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THE USE OF”they’re” \ “there” \ “their”

★ They’re = they + are. Describes a state of being. They’re cooking.

★ There = location of something., I live there. I eat there. You work there.

★ Their = possessive. Their dog. Their house. Their apples..

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THE USE OF“it’s” and “its”

★ It’s – It + is. Describes a state of being. It’s a boy. It’s running.

★ Its – Possessive. Its tail, its eyes, its whiskers.

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THE USE OF“me” & “I”

★ I = Subject. Like he, she and it.

★ Me = Objective pronoun, similar to him, her, them.

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THE USE OF“peek” , “peak” , “pique”

★ Peek = you take a quick look at something.

★ Peak = the highest point of something, the peak of a mountain.

★ Pique = to provoke something.

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THE USE OF“complement” & “compliment”

★ Complement = something that completes or enhances something else.

★ Compliment = an expression of admiration for something or someone.

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THE USE OF

★ Between = used when something is in the middle of two things.

★ Among = being located within a group of things.

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THE USE OF“then” and “than”

★ Then = used when you are situating events in time..

★ Than = used for comparisons.

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THE USE OF“could of” | “would of” | “should of”

★ All of them are wrong. Correct = could have, would have, should have.

★ Further = used for abstract lengths.

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THE USE OF“two” | “to ”| “too”

★ Two = Two dogs. Two cows. Two hands.

★ Too = As well.

★ To = Used for infinitive forms of verbs. To eat, to sleep, to breathe.

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THE USE OF“irregardless” and “unthaw”

★ These words do not exist.

They do not need prefixes to express what they are defining.

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THE USE OF“a lot” ≠ “alot” | “allot”

★ Allot = means to assign.

★ A lot = means there are many.

★ Alot = is not a word..

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THE USE OF“loose” and “lose”

★ Loose = something is not tight.

★ Lose = means to misplace something.

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THE USE OFsubject-verb agreement

★ “The use of pencils is required for the exam.”

★ “The problems of that boy are pressing.”

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