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هذه 25 خطأ في اللغه الانجليزيه يتكبها متعليمين اللغه الانجليزيه نرحو تجنبها
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هذه 25 خطأ في اللغه الانجليزيه يتكبها متعليمين اللغه الانجليزيه نرحو تجنبها
| The Word | What It Means |
| 1. to attribute 2. to contribute | 1. to give credit to someone 2. to make a donation. Examples: He attributed his success to his domineering mother. He contrbuted a lot of money to the mayor's campaign. |
| 1. avenge 2. revenge | 1. (verb) to redress a wrong doing, to seek vengeance 2. (noun) vengeance Examples: Harold avenged his mother's death by beating her murderer. Afterwards, he found that revenge did not cure his sadness. |
| 1. carrot 2. carat 3. caret | 1. orange root vegetable 2. a unit of measurement for precious stones, such as diamonds; also used to expressed the proportion of gold in an alloy (24 being 100% gold); sometimes spelled "karat" (hence the abbreviation "18K gold") 3. a proofreader's mark showing where something needs to be inserted, shaped like a tiny pitched roof. It looks rather like a French circumflex, but is usually distinct from it on modern computer keyboards. On US keyboards, it is the character above the digit 6 along the top row. All three words are pronounced identically. Examples: My rabbit ate two carrots. Her diamond was a huge 2 carats. |
| 1. Champaign 2. Champagne | 1. the name of a city and county in Illinois, USA. 2. a region of France which produces the sparkling wine of that name. Examples: I always enjoy a glass of champagne, but the bubbles tickle my nose. My cousin lives in a suburb of Champaign. |
| 1. choose 2. chose | 1. to make a choice 2. past tense of "to choose" Examples: I choose to vote as I please. I chose the Caesar salad yesterday. |
| 1. continuous 2. continual | 1. refers to actions that are not interrupted 2. refers to actions that are repeated, and may be interrupted Examples: My upstairs neighbour played loud music continuously from 10:00 PM until 3:30 AM. My mother continually urges me to get a job. |
| could of, must of, should of, would of | These are misspellings of "could have", "must have", "should have", "would have". Because the "have" in the correct phrase is often abbreviated to "'ve", as in "could've", people hear "could of", and then spell it that way. Examples: (WRONG:) I could of gone swimming last night. (RIGHT:) I could've gone swimming last night. |
| 1. defuse 2. diffuse | 1. to remove the fuse from a bomb 2. to disperse throughout the air Examples: The atmosphere was tense, but Robert successfully defused the situation by suggesting a compromise. Roberta's heavy perfume quickly diffused throughout the office, annoying everyone. |
| HIV Virus | "HIV" stands for "human immunodeficiency virus", so adding the word "virus" to the acronym creates a redundancy. Examples: (WRONG:) The test showed she was infected with the HIV virus. (RIGHT:) The test showed she was infected with HIV. |
| 1. liable 2. libel 3. lible | 1. to be likely to do something, to be responsible for a debt 2. to defame someone with a false accusation 3. no such word Examples: After crashing into the house, he was liable for the repair costs. Robert was threatened with a libel suit after printing his column about the mayor. |
| 1. lose 2. loose | 1. (verb) to misplace something 2. (adjective) not tight Examples: I want to lose weight. I lost a lot of weight and now my pants are too loose, Lautrec. |
| 1. loser 2. looser | 1. A person who is a failure; a person who has lost something. 2. Not as tight. Examples: (WRONG:) He got drunk and proved he was a real looser. (RIGHT:) He got drunk and proved he was a real loser. (RIGHT:) These green pants are looser than those blue ones. |
| 1. manufacture 2. manufacturer | 1. (verb) to make something 2. (noun) a person or company that makes something. Examples: (WRONG:) Tesco is having a manufacture's sale on baby bassinets. (RIGHT:) Tesco is having a manufacturer's sale on baby bassinets. |
| 1. mucus 2. mucous | 1. (noun) secretion from the lungs, passed out through the nose or mouth; snot (colloquialism) 2. (adjective) describes a mucus-like substance Examples: Mucous membranes secrete mucus. |
| 1. naval 2. navel | 1. anything having to do with ships and sailing 2. your bellybutton Examples: (WRONG:) My naval is an outie, not an innie. (RIGHT:) My brother went to the Naval Academy in Polanski. |
| 1. noone 2. no-one 3. no one | 1. old English spelling of "noon", meaning midday 2. British and Australian spelling, meaning "nobody" 3. Canadian and American spelling, meaning "nobody" Examples: (WRONG:) I knocked on her door, but noone was home. (RIGHT USA/Canada:) I knocked on her door, but no one was home. (RIGHT UK/AUS:) I knocked on her door, but no-one was home. |
| 1. once and a while 2. once in a while | 1. incorrect, do not use 2. correct, meaning "occasionally" Example: Every once in a while, my silly dog runs around in circles. |
| 1. palate 2. palette 3. pallet | 1. the roof of your mouth; your sense of taste 2. the flat board used by an artist to mix his paints; a range of colours 3. a flat platform (usually wood) onto which goods are loaded Examples: (RIGHT:) My brother has a discriminating palate and can tell the difference between a French Chardonnay and a California one. (WRONG:) I loaded the boxes onto the palette and pushed it into the corner. |
| 1. old wives' tale 2. old wife's tale 3. old wise tale | 1. a superstition, an old saying 2. incorrect, do not use 3. incorrect, do not use Example: Putting butter on a burn is an old wives' tale, it doesn't help. |
| 1. passed 2. past | 1. past tense of "to pass" 2. a period of time before now or a distance Examples: (WRONG:) The van drove passed the house. (RIGHT:) The van drove past the house. (WRONG:) I was surprised that I past the test. (RIGHT:) I was surprised that I passed the test. |
| 1. precede 2. proceed 3. preceed | 1. to go before 2. to go on, to advance, to go ahead 3. incorrect, do not use Examples: (WRONG:) The flower girl preceeded the bride down the aisle. (RIGHT:) The flower girl preceded the bride down the aisle. (WRONG:) I preceded to take down the signs. (RIGHT:) I proceded to take down the signs. |
| 1. quiet 2. quite | 1. silence 2. very Examples: (RIGHT:) It was quite quiet in the morgue. (WRONG:) My dog was never quite when someone came into the house. |
| 1. shrank 2. shrunk | 1. the simple past tense of "to shrink" 2. the past participle of "to shrink" Examples: (WRONG:) Honey, I shrunk the kids. (name of a Disney movie) (RIGHT:) Honey, I shrank the kids. |
| 1. than 2. then | 1. preposition, used in comparisons 2. conjunction, used to connect subsequent actions Examples: (RIGHT:) First we took off all our clothes, then we jumped in the river naked. (RIGHT:) My sister is fatter than your brother. (WRONG:) Johnnie is smarter then me. |
| 1. unkempt 2. unkept | 1. sloppy, careless 2. incorrect, do not use Example: (RIGHT:) Mary was always unkempt; she never brushed her hair. |
