IF IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG DAY, YOU ARE ‘WEARY’. IF SOMEONE IS ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES YOU SUSPICIOUS, YOU ARE ‘WARY’.
ALL IN ‘DUE’ TIME, NOT ‘DO’ TIME
‘PER SE’ NOT ‘PER SAY’
THANK YOU
BREATHE – THE VERB FORM IN PRESENT TENSE
BREATH – THE NOUN FORM
THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE
WANDER – TO WALK ABOUT AIMLESSLY
WONDER – TO THINK OF IN A DREAMLIKE AND/OR WISTFUL MANNER
THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE (but one’s mind can wander)
DEFIANT – RESISTANT DEFINITE – CERTAIN
WANTON – DELIBERATE AND UNPROVOKED ACTION (ALSO AN ARCHAIC TERM FOR A PROMISCUOUS WOMAN)
WONTON – IT’S A DUMPLING THAT’S ALL IT IS IT’S A FUCKING DUMPLING
BAWL- TO SOB/CRY
BALL- A FUCKING BALL
YOU CANNOT “BALL” YOUR EYES OUT
AND FOR FUCK’S SAKE, IT’S NOT “SIKE”; IT’S “PSYCH”. AS IN “I PSYCHED YOU OUT”; BECAUSE YOU MOMENTARILY MADE SOMEONE BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WASN’T TRUE.
THANK YOU.
*slams reblog*
IT’S ‘MIGHT AS WELL’. ‘MIND AS WELL’ DOES NOT MAKE GRAMMATICAL SENSE.
A SNEAK PEAK WOULD BE A MOUNTAIN ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE
THEY ARE VERY LARGE AND WOULD FIND THIS GENERALLY DIFFICULT
THANK
(OH AND ONE OTHER THING
BULLION = PRECIOUS METAL
BOUILLON = STOCK, FROM THE FRENCH “BOUILLER,” TO BOIL)
SHUDDER:
SHUTTER:
NOT SAME NOT SAME
sleight of hand: magic tricks
slight of hand: President-Elect
I love this post so much oh my god 😂
“A MOUNTAIN ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE” I’m losing my shit
To my followers who speak & write in English as a second language: the caps locks and the frustration might come across as scary or even personally pointed, but all the information is valuable, even (and lbr ESPECIALLY) to native English speakers & writers!
OKAY AS LONG AS WE ARE ALL HERE IT’S “FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES” NOT “FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES” THANK!
Should have, could have, would have (or, in contraction form: should’ve, could’ve, would’ve), NOT “should of”
Signal boost.
Actually the coffee drawing for complementary vs complimentary is wrong! It’s absolutely correct to use ‘complimentary’ if something is free. ‘Compliment’ in this scenario means that whatever is free is being offered as a courtesy, or in this case, a ‘compliment’. ‘Complementary’ is used for pairing things together, like ‘complementary colours’. So for example:
The wine complemented the meal (the wine and food were meant to be paired together)
The meal came with complimentary wine (free wine!!)
I mean I love the idea of a coffee that literally compliments you haha, but since a free coffee is intended as a compliment, that’s the part that makes it ‘complimentary’. I’ve seen this post go around over and over and no one seems to have corrected that part (and I’m by NO means the best speller in the world haha but all of google seems to be backing me up on this) so yeah, ‘complimentary’ = free. You’re meant to feel complimented to have received it, but it’s not literally complimenting you haha. That cartoon should look something like this:
You don’t get use to something, you get used to it – in the exact same way that you don’t become accustom to something, you become accustomed to it.
If you’re struggling with picking the right word from noun/verb pairs like practice/practise and defence/defense, try substituting “advice” and “advise” into the sentence. Because they’re pronounced differently, it’s easier to tell which one’s right.
you do not bare responsibilities, you bear them
same things for names, children, emblems/symbols and bad jokes
a bear may be a fuzzy, somewhat terrifying animal, but the word bear is also still a verb, meaning to carry, support or endure (or to give birth to children)
bare is a verb meaning to uncover or undress, and in some cases can basically be an antonym to bear (e.g. bearing clothing of special significance versus baring it)
@magnumisms as English is your third language I thought you might find this handy 😊
Is the english language on drugs? none of this makes any fucking sense.
