| Term | Definition |
|---|
| beside | (preposition) "by the side of" |
| besides | (preposition) in addition to/ (adverb) "moreover" |
| bring | (verb) "to come carrying something" |
| take | (verb) " to go carrying something" |
| bust, busted | avoid using these words as verbs in formal writting. use burst or break instead. |
| can hardly, can scarcely | avoid using other negatives words such as can't, with hardly or scarcely |
| could have, should have, would have, might have,must have and ought to have | avoid using of with these helping verbs |
| fewer | use with pluar nouns |
| less | use with singular nouns |
| good | (adjective) use to modify nouns |
| well | (adverb) use to modify verbs |
| ought | the verb "ought" should never be used with "had" |
Combine with other sets
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