Shared Flashcard Set

Details

englsih: 14.2, pg:274
rydkytkutfkugv
60
English
10th Grade
09/16/2010
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional English Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
A, an.
 Definition

A: is used before consonant sounds.

 

An: is used before vowel sounds. 
Term
accept, except.
 Definition

accept: is a verb meaning "to receive"

 

except: is a preposition meaning "other than" or "leaving out." 
Term
accuse, allege.
 Definition

accuse: means "to blame" or "to bring a charge against."

 

allege: means "to claim something that has not yet been proved."
Term
adapt, adopt.
 Definition

adapt: means "to change:

 

adopt: means "to take as one's own."
Term

advice, advise.

 Definition

advice: is a noun meaning "an opinion."

 

advise: is a verb meaning "to give an opinion to." 
Term
affect, effect. 
 Definition

affect: almost always a verb, means "to influence."


effect: may be used as a noun or as a verb, as a noun, result. as a verb, to bring about.
Term

ain't.

 

 Definition
ain't: was orignally a contraction of am not but is not standard english.
Term
allot, a lot, alot.
 Definition

allot: is a verb meaning "to divide in parts, or, to give out in share." 

 

a lot: is an informal expression meaning "a great many" it should never be spelt as one word. 
Term
all ready, already.
 Definition

all ready: used as an adjective and means "ready."

 

already: means "even now" or "by or before this time."
Term
all right, alright.
 Definition
Alright is a nonstandard word, always use all right.
Term
all together, altogether.
 Definition

all together: means "together as a single group." 

 

altogether: means "completely" or "in all."
Term
among, between.
 Definition
Both of these words are prepositions. Among always implies three or more. Between is generally used with two things only.
Term
anxious.
 Definition
This adjective implies uneasiness, worry, or fear. Do not use it as a substitute for eager. 
Term
Anywhere, Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere.
 Definition
Never end these adverbs with an -s. 
Term
as to.
 Definition
As to is awkward. Replace it with about. 
Term
at.
 Definition
Do not use at after where. Simply eliminate it. 
Term
awhile, a while.
 Definition

awhile: is an adverb that in itself means "for a whole." 

 

A while: is an artivle and a noun.
Term
Because.
 Definition
Do not use because after the reason. 
Term
Being as, Being that. 
 Definition
Do not use either expression. Use because or since instead. 
Term
Beside, Besides.
 Definition

Besdie: means "close to" or "at the side of". 

 

Besides: means "in addition to."
Term
Bring, Take.
 Definition

Bring: means "to carry from a distant place to a nearer one." 

 

Take: means the opposite, "to carry from a near place to a more distant one."
Term
Burst, Bust, Busted. 
 Definition
Bust and Busted: are nonstandard. The present, past and past participle of burst are all burst. 
Term
Can't help but
 Definition
This is a nonstandard expression. Use can't help plus a gerund instead. 
Term
Different from, different than.
 Definition
Different from is preferred.
Term
Doesn't, Don't.
 Definition

Doesnt: is the correct verb form for third-person singular subjects. 

 

Don't: is used with all other subjects. 
Term
Done.
 Definition
Done, the past participle of do, should always follow a helping verb. 
Term
Due To.
 Definition
Due to: means "caused by" and should be used only when the words caused by can logically be substituted. 
Term
Due to the fact that.
 Definition
Replace this awkward expression with because or since. 
Term
Emigrate, immigrate.
 Definition

Emigrate: means "to move out of a country."

 

Immigrate: means "to move into a country."
Term
Enthused, enthusiastic.
 Definition
Enthused is a nonstandard word. Replace it with enthusiastic. 
Term
Farther, Further. 
 Definition
Farther refers to distance. Further means "to a greater degree or extent." or "additional." 
Term
Fewer, less.
 Definition

Fewer: is used with objects that can be counted. 

 

Less: is used with qualities or quantities that cannot be counted. 
Term
Former, latter.
 Definition

Former: refers to the first of two previously mentioned items. 

 

Latter: refers to the second.
Term
Gone, went.
 Definition

Gone: is the past participle of go. It should be used as a verb only with a helping verb. 

 

Went: is the past of go and is never used with a helping verb. 
Term
Healthful, healthy.
 Definition
Things are healthful. People are healthy. 
Term
In, into.
 Definition
In refers to position. Into suggests motion. 
Term
Irregardless.
 Definition
Putting ir on this word makes it a double negative. Use regardless instead. 
Term
just.
 Definition
When you use just as an adverb meaning "no more than." place it right before the word it logically modifies. 
Term
Kind of, sort of. 
 Definition
These expressions should not be used to mean "rather" or "somewhat"
Term
Lay, lie.
 Definition

Lay: means "to put or set something down." Its principal parts- lay, laying, laid and laid are usually followed by a direct object. 

 

Lie: means to recline, its principal parts- lie, lying, lay and lain- are never followed by a direct object. 
Term
Learn, teach.
 Definition

learn: means "to acquire knowledge." 

 

Teach: means "to give knowledge to."
Term
Leave, let. 
 Definition
leave means "to allow to remain." Let means "to permit."
Term
Like.
 Definition
Like is a preposition and should not be used in place of the conjunction as. 
Term
of. 
 Definition
Do not use the preposition of in place of the verb have. Of after outside, inside, off, or atop is also undesirable in formal writing. Simply eliminate it. 
Term
Only.
 Definition
Be sure to place only in front of the word you mean to modify. 
Term
Raise, rise.
 Definition
Raise usually takes a direct object. rise never takes a D.O. 
Term
Seen.
 Definition
Seen is a past participle and can be used as a verb only with a helping verb. 
Term
set, sit. 
 Definition
Set means "to put something in a certain place." Its principal parts-set, setting, set and set- are usually followed by a direct object. Sit means "to be seated." its principal parts- sit, sitting, sat, and sat- are never followed by a D.O.
Term
So.
 Definition
So is a coordinating conjunction. It should be avoided when you mean "so that." 
Term
than, then.
 Definition
Use than in comparisons. Then an adverb usually refers to time. 
Term
That, which who.
 Definition
use these relative pronouns correctly. That refers to things or people, which refers only to things who refer only to people. 
Term
That there, this here. 
 Definition
There nonstandard expressions should never be used. Simply leave out there and here. 
Term
Their, there, they're.
 Definition
Their, a possessive pronoun, always modifies a noun. There can be used either as an expletive at the beginning of a sentence or as an adverb. They're is a contraction for they are. 
Term
Them.
 Definition
Do not use them as a substitute for those. 
Term
to, too, two.
 Definition
To, a prep, begins a phrase or an infinitive. Too, an adverb, modifies adjectives and other adverbs. Two is a number. 
Term
Unique.
 Definition
Unique means "one of a kind." It should not be used to mean "odd" or "unusual." it is also illogical to say very unique, or extremely unique. 
Term
Ways.
 Definition
Ways is plural. Do not use it after the article a. 
Term
When, where.
 Definition
Do not use when or where directly after a linking verb. Do not use where in place of that. 
Term
Win, Beat.
 Definition
Win means "to achieve victory in." Beat means "to overcome an opponent." 
Term
-wise.
 Definition
Do not create new rods with this suffix. 
Supporting users have an ad free experience!