Vocabulary general 2 pptx

chior Wrong spelling.. chocolate not choclat although often mispronounced as such choice not -se choir not -io- choose I CHOOSE my words carefully.. CORD refers to string and is generall

certain or curtain

CERTAIN means sure.

Are you CERTAIN that he apologised?

CURTAINS are window drapes.

Do draw the CURTAINS.

Note that the c sounds like s in certain and like k in

curtain.

See SOFT c AND SOFT G.

changeable

(not -gable)

See SOFT c AND SOFT G.

chaos

chaotic

character

(not charachter)

chateau/chateau (singular) chateaux or chateaux (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS.

check or cheque?

Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:

Always CHECK your work.

May I pay by CHEQUE? (not 'check' as in the

United States)

cherub (singular)

This word has two plurals.

Cherubim is reserved exclusively for the angels often portrayed as little children with wings.

Cherubs can be used either for angels or for

enchanting small children.

chestnut

(not chesnut, as it is often mispronounced)t

t

t

chief (singular) chiefs (plural)

See PLURALS (v)

childish or childlike?

The teenager was rebuked by the magistrate for his

CHILDISH behaviour, (i.e which he should have

outgrown)

The grandfather has retained his sense of

CHILDLIKE wonder at the beauty of the natural

world, (i.e marvellously direct, innocent and

enthusiastic)

chimney (singular) chimneys (plural)

See PLURALS (iii).

chior

Wrong spelling See CHOIR

chocolate

(not choclat although often mispronounced as such)

choice

(not -se)

choir

(not -io-)

choose

I CHOOSE my words carefully.

I am CHOOSING my words carefully.

I CHOSE my words carefully yesterday.

I have CHOSEN them carefully.

chord or cord?

CHORD is used in a mathematical or musical

context

CORD refers to string and is generally used when

referring to anatomical parts like the umbilical cord, spinal cord and vocal cords

Note-, you will occasionally see CHORD used instead

of CORD in a medical context but it seems very

old-fashioned now

(not Cr-)

Christinas

(not Cristmas or Chrismas)

chronic

(not cr-)

This word is often misused It doesn't mean terrible

or serious It means long-lasting, persistent, when applied to an illness.

chrysanthemum

(not cry-)

chrystal

Wrong spelling See CRYSTAL.

cieling

Wrong spelling See CEILING.

cigarette

(not -rr)

cite, sight or site?

To CITE means to refer to.

SIGHT is vision or something seen.

A SITE is land, usually set aside for a particular

purpose.

clarity

See AMBIGUITY.

clothes or cloths?

CLOTHES are garments.

CLOTHS are dusters or scraps of material.

coarse or course?

COARSE means vulgar, rough:

COARSE language, COARSE cloth.

COURSE means certainly:

OF COURSE

COURSE also means a series of lectures, a direction,

a sports area, and part of a meal:

an advanced COURSE

to change COURSE

a golf COURSE

the main COURSE

codeine

(not -ie-)

colander

(not -ar)

collaborate

collaborated, collaborating

collaborator

collaboration

collapse

collapsed, collapsing

collapsible

(not -able)

colleagues

collective nouns

See NOUNS.

college

(not colledge)

colloquial

collossal

Wrong spelling See COLOSSAL

colonel or kernel?

A COLONEL is a senior officer.

A KERNEL is the inner part of a nut.

(i) Colons can introduce a list:

Get your ingredients together:

flour, sugar, dried fruit, butter and milk

Note that a summing-up word should always

precede the colon (here 'ingredients')

(ii) Colons can precede an explanation or

amplification of what has gone before:

The teacher was elated: at last the pupils were gaining in confidence

Note that what precedes the colon must always

be able to stand on its own grammatically It must be a sentence in its own right

(iii) Colons can introduce dialogue in a

play:

Henry (with some embarrassment): It's all my fault

(iv) Colons can be used instead of a comma to introduce direct speech:

Henry said, with some embarrassment: 'It's all

my fault.'

(v) Colons can introduce quotations:

Donne closes the poem with the moving tribute: 'Thy firmness makes my circle just

And makes me end where I began.'

(vi) Colons can introduce examples as in this

reference book

Compare SEMICOLONS

colossal

(not -11-)t

(not color, as in American English)

colourful

comemorate

Wrong spelling See COMMEMORATE

comfortable

(four syllables, not three)

coming

come + ing = coming (not comming)

See ADDING ENDINGS (ii).

comission

Wrong spelling See COMMISSION

commands

(i) Direct commands, if expressed emphatically, require an exclamation mark:

Stop, thief!

Put your hands up!

Stop talking!

If expressed calmly and conversationally,

however, a full stop is sufficient:

Just wait there a moment and I'll be with you Tell me your story once again

(ii) Reported commands (indirect commands) never need an exclamation mark because, when they are reported, they become statements

He ordered the thief to stop

She told him to put his hands up

The teacher yelled at the class to stop talking

commas

Commas are so widely misused that it is worth discussing their function in some detail First, let us

make it very clear when commas cannot be used.