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Sunday, March 15, 2009

More on PROBLEMATIC WORDS...

Yes, English Language is indeed a crazy language with all these Problem Words...Let's discover some of them here:

1. adapt - to modify (Can you adapt the skirt length to follow this year's fashion)
adopt - to choose as one's own (The couple decided to adopt an orphan child)
adept - proficient or expert (She is adept at baking cakes)

2. admit - to confess or acknowledge (She admits of breaking the new set of tea set)
admit of - allow room for (The reply letter from her admit of two possibilities regarding your debts)

3. adverse - opposition (My request for a new car met with an adverse reaction from my dad)
averse - unwillingness (Farizan is averse to lend her car to Fahmi, knowing him as a careless driver)

4. aggravate - to make worse something already bad (The new medication seems to aggravate his cold)
irritate - to inflame or to annoy ( The loud music from Susan's room irritates dad very much)

5. aggressive - hostile or quarrelsome (He is an aggressive young man and could cause a lot of trouble)
assertive - positive or pushing (That young executive is assertive and will get herself to the top soon)

6. all right - entirely correct (All her answers to the quiz were all right)
alright - not acceptable, though quite common

7. all ready - the whole group was prepared (The participants were all ready for the presentation)
already - the person/thing is there at the moment (The participants were already at the hall for the presentation)
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