Most Common Misused English Words of All Time Part 11

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 08:00 Written by Ward Tipton Monday, 25 May 2009 07:55

Rise up and raise a fuss if you are tired of seeing so-called professional writers commonly making these errors in their use of the English Language and the written word.

Rise and Raise



This is another easy one to explain. “Raise” is what is known as an intransitive verb and “Rise” is grammatically speaking, a transitive verb.



Now that you know that, you should be all set right?



To raise something means to lift it up or make it and it requires an object in the sentence. Thus, you could say “Raise my hand if you believe in mental telepathy.” and it would be grammatically correct. When “Raise” is used in a sentence, it requires the presence of an object. In other words, there has to be an object in the sentence that is raised.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 08:00 Written by Ward Tipton Monday, 25 May 2009 06:57

You may believe that even a professional writer would tired of writing about the same subject after ten pages. However, you can rest assured that even though you may be opposed to the idea, there are only two more pages after this one regarding the most commonly misused words of all time in the English Language.

 

 

Oppose and Appose



Appose is to apply something to another thing and oppose is to contradict something or go against it. This is just one of many errors that many grammar checks will miss since they only look at the actual type of word and are not reading the sentence as humans will.



Or and And

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 08:00 Written by Ward Tipton Monday, 25 May 2009 06:44

If you are going to be a professional writer, you definitely have to get up to speed with the first words in today's lesson for the most commonly abused words in the English language.

Libel and Liable



If you continuously print libelous statements, you are liable to encounter a negative reaction. Libel is printing what can reasonably be discerned to be materials which are harmful to someone. Liable is much like saying “Likely to” but generally with negative or adverse results. Thus, if you study hard, you are likely to do well with your written English. If you do not study and remain apathetic, you are liable to end up doing poorly with your written English skills.



Libel and Slander

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 08:00 Written by Ward Tipton Monday, 25 May 2009 06:20

For today's lesson in the most commonly misused words of the English Language, we will start with Into and In To as they are decidedly different in meanings. 

Into and In



This is another one that will be more important to the professional writer than to the orator. “In” means physically inside of a location where “Into” indicates the placement of something inside something else. Thus, I can be in the bedroom but from there, I have to go into the bathroom and I cannot go in the bathroom. (At least, you should not “go” in the bathroom until you are already in the bathroom and not while you still need to go into the bathroom … but that is going to get gross if I attempt to elaborate it any more)



Irregardless and Regardless

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