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Common Errors

Common Errors. Composition and Conversation Class By Jarvis & Frances 2006/03/17. OUTLINE. Continual/Continuous Recommend/Advise Avenge/Revenge. Continual v.s. Continuous. A> May lived in _________ fear of being betrayed. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both

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Common Errors

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  1. Common Errors Composition and Conversation Class By Jarvis & Frances 2006/03/17

  2. OUTLINE • Continual/Continuous • Recommend/Advise • Avenge/Revenge

  3. Continual v.s. Continuous A> May lived in _________ fear of being betrayed. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both B> The essay is ________being revised. a. continually b. continuously c. neither d. both C> The lecturer is unable to give lessons with ________ interruptions. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both

  4. Difference

  5. Continual v.s. Continuous A> May lived in _________ fear of being betrayed. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both B> The essay is ________being revised. a. continually b. continuously c. neither d. both C> She was in ______ employment until yesterday. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both

  6. Recommend/Advise D> The police officer _________ the mobs surrender at once. a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both E> I _______ reading the original novel before seeing its movie adaptation.a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both F> The stewardess ________ the passenger fasten his seat belt. a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both

  7. Difference

  8. Recommend/Advise D> The police officer _________ the mobs surrender at once. a. recommends b. advises c. neither d. both E> I _______ reading the original novel before seeing its movie adaptation.a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both F> The stewardess ________ the passenger fasten his seat belt.a. recommends b. advises c. neither d. both

  9. Avenge/Revenge G> He killed the Vet. in _______ for his dog’s death. a. revenge b. avenge c. revenging d. avenging H> He dares not _____ the death of his parents a. revenge b. avenge c. both would do d. neither

  10. I> John is revenged on Ken. The sentence suggests…?a. John got hurt for treating Ken badly. b. Ken got hurt for treating John badly.c. Both of them are hurt in a way.d. The question’s unclear. I REFUSE to answer.

  11. Difference Note: Never “revenge sth.”

  12. Avenge/Revenge • G.>He killed the Vet. in_______for his dog’s death. a. revenge b. avenge c. revenging d. avenging • H.>He dares not _____ the death of his parents a. revenge b. avenge c. both would do d. neither • I.>John is revenged on Ken. The sentence suggests…?a. John got hurt for treating Ken badly. b. Ken got hurt for treating John badly.c. Both of them are hurt in a way.d. The question’s unclear. I REFUSE to answer. AAB BAA ABB

  13. 1 If I had been known him, I would have spoken to him. Had I known him, I would have spoken to him.

  14. 2 George Orwell, author of Animal Farm, was strongly against socialism. George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, was strongly against socialism.

  15. 3 For fear that we should run short of food at the trip, we are carrying extra rations in the jeep.

  16. 3 For fear that we should run short of food at the trip, we are carrying extra rations in the jeep. For fear that we should run short of food on the trip, we are carrying extra rations in the jeep.

  17. 4 The cats screaming outside my window every night is getting on my nerves.

  18. 4 The cats screaming outside my window every night is getting on my nerves. The cats’ screaming outside my window every night is getting on my nerves.

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