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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:57 pm
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Member Rules arrow 1. Abide by the T.O.S. arrow 2. Keep it PG-13 (Language, Picture, & Topic-Wise) arrow 3. No Page Stretching (post will be deleted) arrow 4. No Advertising (whether it be a thread outside the DCG, another guild or website) - - - without permission of the Captain or Vice Captain arrow 5. No Flamming / Trolling arrow 6. If you have a problem with someone, please inform a crew member arrow 7. Racial Slurs & Excessive Cursing will not be tolerated arrow 8. Please be respectful to others
Mod Rules arrow 1. Follow The Member Rules arrow 2. Do Not Edit Posts, Unless Necessary arrow 3. Do Not Delete Threads, Move Them To The Recycle Bin arrow 4. If There Is A Problem With A Member, Please Inform Captain Or Vice Captain arrow 5. Please Check The Crew Subforum Every So Often.
There aren't very many rules to follow So, Please obey the few there are.___________________________________________________________ Alright guys, I re-did most of the stickies, to combine them into one, instead of having a massive amount of stickies.
Credit For Stickies : "Introductions & Contact Information" : RELLIK da KILLA "Rules" : InnocentlyEvil "Banners (Codes Are Up)" : DeserayArthas "Where Are You From ?" : DeserayArthas "Birthdays" : RELLIK da KILLA "Basic Spelling & Grammar" : [.Suicidal.Tomatoes.]
These threads will not be deleted, Just moved to The Thread Cemetary.___________________________________________________________
DeserayArthas DARK CARNIVAL NEWS:
Owner: DeserayArthas Vice: InnocentlyEvil
Thanks Rellik for trusting me with this. Also, if there's anything anyone wants to see happen with the Guild or something to help improve it, post it and we'll talk about it. Ideas are always great.Okay, some things I am trying to take care of:
*IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS/COMMENTS ABOUT A MEMBER, PLEASE TALK TO A CREW MEMBER ABOUT IT. WE WILL TRY TO DEAL WITH THINGS TO KEEP THE DRAMA OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE*
*NEW MEMBERS : Please post atleast 3 times within the first month of being accepted into the guild. Otherwise, those that are inactive, will be banned.*
I hope you can understand, but we need more people to post!
~Finding out about the Wicked Lotto (Dante is the only person who knew anything about it and I know some of you have entered a lot of money in it. ~Sub Forums up -- Please check those out or let me know of ones that need to be up ~ Deletion and moving of threads. Please don't be offended, we're just trying to help clean things up and move to where they should be ~Banning is taking place for those who haven't been on within 2 months and/or haven't recognized the warning PMs
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:10 pm
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InnocentlyEvil Vice Captain
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InnocentlyEvil Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:12 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:15 pm
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Who's From Where :
United States Alabama: tazphreak, Twiztid_Angle, downwiddaclownz, Yukarashi Alaska: Oxi Kotton Arizona: G o d l i e r, Poison_Juggalette Arkansas: kunia the dark one California: Jake Jeckal, Naru Juggalette, CasualtyVampire Colorado: TheAngelDeath Connecticut: -- Deleware: -- Florida: [.Suicidal.Tomatoes.], ][xt0rt v1rus][, Broke a** Ninja, GrimReaper777, Al-araaf, Ft. Pierce Juggalo, Global Genocide, JackdMinion, Acidpopprincess Georgia: SuperShaggy Hawaii: ur-hatchet-gurl Idaho: -- Illinois: x..Deadly Whispers..x, niVek oGr, sweetness_86, DarkStimpz Indiana: Miroku Zenco, Slasher46060, [Xeroina] Iowa: -- Kansas: -- Kentucky: Pandadox Louisiana: Stingray66 Maine: -- Maryland: theconjugaitor, Eet The Children, -X-psuedo-X- Massachusetts: HeXicus Michigan: BMW121688, fallin4tears, Random Blend, xZombiexLettex, KillaMo187, Opium Overture, Wicked Nitemare, Psykolette Minnesota: Grim Jester, SPAWNSOS, --[The Touchable God]-- Mississippi: -- Missouri: -- Montana: -- Nebraska: -- Nevada: Rummzies, Bloody Dark Raven New Hampshire: Furuidoragon New Jersey: Lady__wolf13 New Mexico: -- New York: InnocentlyEvil, [e m o h e r o], xxxxxGioxxxxx, creature785x, bratmnchkn North Carolina: Comrade Rops, K-NiTe, Foxmon_dt, Dein Held North Dakota: -- Ohio: Eclipse Twilight, Sir Crimson, darkdragoslayer Oklahoma: Majic Majic Ninja Whut, Athena_2004, Sukoji, Wicked_Psycho_Jester Oregon: Scorpio89 Pennsylvania: i_dropd_my_rave_ball Rhode Island: TWISTED ANARCHIST South Carolina: AngelvomDarkmoor South Dakota: -- Tennessee: Nefaru, twiztid_shadow_juggalo Texas: Seal of the Scorpion, Koroso, anniesmomma, LuxuriaSin, xXx_NiNjA_KiTtY_xXx Utah: -- Vermont: -- Virginia: jlette44, Eris_darkheart, xmajarax Washington: juggalingjoker, workevil1000, meindrea Wisconsin: drey_zoromski, ccrydevil666, dwerger13, Leashed Freak Of Hades Wyoming: DeserayArthas, Rage_Clown_Of_The_Blade, Kibeth, Juggalo_161
Outside The U.S. Australia: xxTayenxx Canada: Mass_Heart_Attack, Lady Farie, ~hocus Pocus~, Leadger, D4rkOmega, EverDream2021 South America: Marius-Kun
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InnocentlyEvil Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:19 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:27 pm
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Basic Spelling Rules
From singular nouns to plural Generally you just add s. (bird � birds) In cases where a word ends in s or x, you add es. (Bus � Buses)
Change verb tenses in verbs ending with y Drop the y and add ies or ied. (Carry � carries)
Use i before e except after c Not before �c�: sieve, brief, yield Before �c�: receive, receipt, deceive. Exceptions: being, foreign, leisure, neighbour, their, vein, weigh, weight, weird.
Some words have silent letters Examples: subtle, autumn, column, palm.
Double such consonants as �n�, �p�, etc before �ed or �ing suffixies Examples: beginning, shopped, ocurring, permitted.
Drop the �e� before �able suffixes Examples: valuable, excitable, lovable. Exceptions: noticeable, Changeable.
Grammar
Punctuation
Period: The period is used at the end of an indicative sentence. It can also indicate an abbreviation. ( . ) (Ont.) Question Mark: The question mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence. It turns the statement into a question. ( ? ) (Where are you?) Exclamation Mark: An exclamation mark at the end of a sentence adds emphasis to a statement or command. It turns a sentence into an exclamatory sentence. ( ! ) (My Gosh!) Comma: The comma separates phrases or clauses from the rest of the sentence, to mark a pause at the end of a segment, or break a thought. ( , )(The danger, I believe, is real.) When the two main clauses of a sentence are joined with and, or, but, the conjunction is normally followed by a comma. (I like him, but he's weird.) Semi-colon: The semi-colon indicates a break in thought and is a more definite pause than a comma. It can also be used to joint clauses. ( ; ) (The room was crowded; the noise was deafening.) Colon: The colon precedes explanatory material like examples. ( : ) (She liked berries: strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries.) Dash: The dash links an afterthought or an added comment to the main idea. ( - )(Debris from the crash-broken glass mostly-littered the street.) Parentheses: Parentheses are used to set aside material that requires complete separation from the rest of the sentence. [ ( ) ] [Chocolate pie (which is my favourite) was on sale.] Apostrophe: the apostrophe is used to indicate possession. ( ' ) (That's Bob's dog.) The apostrophe can also be used as a single quotation mark when it is a quotation within a quotation. ("It was true like the book said, 'don't do it.'" Apostrophes also are used to indicate omissions. (don't) Hyphen The hyphen is used between syllables of a word when the word must be broken down at the end of a line. Also, they are used to join two words which are normally independent to make a single word. (high-school dance)
Common Grammatical Errors
.:.Sentence Fragments.:. A sentence must contain a complete thought, usually expression with a subject and predicate. An incomplete thought is a sentence fragment. Sentence Fragment: After everyone left. Correction: After everyone left, I went to sleep.
.:.Run-on Sentence.:. A good sentence must have unity. When two ideas which should be expressed in different sentences are put together (usually by a comma), the result is a run-on sentence or a comma splice. Grammatical errors occur usually when a writer places a comma where a period, semi-colon, or a conjunction word should be. This error is called a comma-splice. Comma Splice: Bob walked to the store, he bought some food, then left. Correction: Bob walked to the store. He bought some food and then left.
.:.Dangling or misplaced modifiers.:. The function of modifiers (adjectives, adverbs, etc) is to qualify information supplied by some other word. They depend on that word to complete their meaning. When no appropriate word is supplied in the sentence, they dangle loosely. Dangling Modifier: Coming home when the war was over, their lives hand been disrupted. Correction: Coming is a dangling participle because there is no appropriate word in the sentence for it to modify. Misplaced Modifier: He told her that he had scored six goals while they were eating lunch. Correction: This modifier was misplaced as it now seems to tell us he scored goals at lunch, yet it means when they were having lunch, he told his friend about scored goals he got.
.:.Missing Antecedent.:. A pronoun is a word which takes the place of a noun. The word it replaces is its antecedent. Even though it doesn't have to be in the same sentence, it should be identifiable. Sometimes, the antecedent may be there, but it is not clearly identifiable. Errors like this are called indefinite reference. Missing Antecedent: I watched TV last night. it was a funny show. Correction: Although we know it is referring to a TV show, we do not know which one. Indefinite Reference: It was always a race to see whether the boy or the dog would get there first. Usually he won. Correction: The he may be either the dog or the boy, we can't tell.
.:.Lack of agreement.:. A verb must agree in number and person with its subject. "He don't" is grammatically incorrect as the subject is singular and the verb is plural. Pronouns must also agree. Common mistakes are seen when dealing with "Neither-nor" constructions and when dealing with words like "both" and "Each". Neither-Nor: Neither of them are in working condition. Correction: Neither of them is in working condition - "Neither-nors separates the subject concerned into individuals and requires a singular verb. Each: Each of them are responsible for their own luggage. Correction: Each of them is responsible for his and her own luggage.
.:.Faulty Parallelism.:. When two or more items are listed in parallel structures, the expectation is that the same grammatical structure will be used for additional items that are also similar. When the similarity is there, but the structure changes, the parallelism is faulty. Faulty Parallelism: I love playing hockey, riding horses, and to go swimming. Correction: I love playing hockey, riding horses, and swimming.
Commonly Misspelled Words
Absence Absorption Accessory Accidentally Accommodation Accompanying Accumulate Achieve Acknowledgement [or] Acknowledgment Acquaintance Acquire Acquisition Across Actually Address Adjacent Adolescence Advantageous Advertisement Advisor [or] Adviser Advisory Affiliated Against Aggressive Alleged All right Amateur Among Analyze [or] Analyse Analysis Answered Anxious Apologize Apparent Appearance Appropriate Argument Article Assistance Athletics Attendance Author Autumn Available Barely Basically Beginning Behaviour [or] Behavior Believe Benefit Biassed [or] Biased Boundary Breathe Brilliant Brochure Business Calendar Campaign Catalogue [or] Catalog Category Certain Cheque [or] Check Chief Children Chronological Clothes Coincidence Collage College Colonel Column Commitment Committee Compatible Completely Concede Condemn Conscience Conscientious Conscious Consensus Contradiction Convenience Correspondent Courageous Courtesy Cried Criticism Curiosity Debt Decision Definitely Describe Desirable Desperately Destroy Development Different Dilemma Disappointed Disastrous Discipline Doesn't Dying Eighth Eligible Eliminate Embarrassed Emphasize Entrepreneur Environment Escape Especially Eventually Exaggerate Excellence Exercise Existence Experience Extraordinary Extremely Fallacy Familiar Fascinating February Finally Foreign Foresee Foreshadowing Fortunate Forty Fulfil [or] Fulfill Gesture Goddess Government Grammar Guarantee [or] Guaranty Handkerchief Harassment Heroes Honourable [or] Honorable Humorous Illegible Immediately Incidentally Incredible Independent Inevitable Innuendo Insistent Instalment [or] Installment Intelligent Interesting Interfere Irrelevant Irresistible Jealous Jeopardy Jewellery [or] Jewelry Judgement [or] Judgment Knowledgeable [or] Knowledgable Laid Leisure Liar Library Likable [or] Likeable Literature Loneliness Losing Manner Marriage Married Meant Miniature Miscellaneous Mischievous Misspell Mortgage Naive Necessary Neighbour [or] Neighbor Niece Ninety Ninth No one [or] No-one Noticeable Nowadays Nuclear Occasion Occurrence Offence [or] Offense Omission Opinion Optimistic Paid Parallel Paralyse [or] Paralyze Parliament Particular Pastime Peculiar Perseverance Persistence Personal Personnel Persuade Phenomenal Piece Plagiarism Playwright Portrays Possession Preceding Preferable Preferred Prejudice Presence Presumptuous Pretence [or] Pretense Previously Privilege Probably Procedure Professor Psychology Pursue Questionnaire Realistically Realize Receipt Receive Recommend Referring Reinforce Related Relevant Remembrance Resemblance Restaurant Rhyme Rhythm Saskatchewan Schedule Science Scissors Seize Sense Separate Shakespeare Similar Sincerely Skilful [or] Skillful Soldier Soliloquy Souvenir Speech Spirited Stereotype Straight Strength Subconscious Subtle Succeed Summary Supposed Surprise Suspense Technique Temperamental Temperature Tempt Tendency Theatre [or] Theater Theory Therefore Thoroughly Together Tragedy Tragic Transferred Traveller [or] Traveler Tries Truly Tuesday Ultimately Unconscious Undoubtedly Unfortunately Unique Unnecessary Usage Usually Vacuum Vegetable Vehicle Vicious View Villain Wednesday Weird Wherever Whole Writer Writing Yield
Commonly Confused Words
A/An A is used before nouns starting with consonants. Ravi had a dream.
An is used before nouns starting with vowels. Susan ate an apple.
Accept/Except Accept is a verb meaning receive. The actor will accept the award.
Except is usually a preposition meaning "other than". Everyone except John is going.
Advice/Advise Advice is a noun. The host gave advice about relationships.
Advise is a verb. The government will advise students of their marks on exams.
Affect/Effect Affect is most often a verb meaning "influence". The hospital closure will affect the community.
Effect is usually a noun meaning "result". Television can have the effect of making people materialistic.
Aggravate/Irritate Aggravate in formal English means "make worse". Scratching a bug bite will aggravate the swelling.
Irritate means "annoy". That mosquito isirritating me.
Allude/Refer Allude means "make an indirect reference". That remark about trees alluded to the incident at the picnic.
Refer means "make a direct reference". He referred to the play's second act in order to make his point.
Allusion/Illusion Allusion means "reference to something well-known". On the Simpsons, there was an allusion to Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven."
Illusion mean "false idea". The mirage created the illusion of water.
Alot/A lot Alot is a misspelling A lot is the correct spelling
Already/All Ready Already is an adverb meaning "by this time". It is already too late to go to the beach.
All Ready is an adjective meaning "completely ready". The sprinter was all ready for her track event.
Alright/All Right Alright is informal spelling for "all right".
All Right is the formal spelling.
Altogether/All Together Altogether means "completely" or "all things considered". Altogether, there were four touchdowns.
All Together emphasizes all things in a group. The teachers brought the students all together in the gym.
Among/Between Among implies more than two people or things There were celebrities scattered among the large crowd.
Between refers to only two in number. Jameel and I split the chips between us.
Amount/Number Amount is used to refer to something in a mass. We ordered a large amount of topsoil for the garden.
Number is used to refer to individual, countable items. We ordered a large number of plants for the garden.
A Part Of/Apart From A Part Of means "a member of," "a section of," or "a piece of". A part of the airplane fell from the sky.
Apart From means "separate" or "isolated from". The neon green man stood apart from the crowd.
Assure/Ensure/Insure Assure means "restore confidence". The doctor will assure you that nothing is wrong.
Ensure means "make certain or safe". A bank safe deposit box can ensure the safety of your jewellery.
Insure means "arrange payment to cover loss". You ought to insure your house and car.
Bear/Bare Bear is either a noun referring to a large furry mammal, or a verb meaning "put up with". Facing a grizzly bear so soon after a cougar attack was more than I could bear.
Bare is often an adjective meaning "uncovered," "naked," or "empty". Bare skin freezes quickly in the arctic conditions of bare tundra.
Beside/Besides Beside means "by the side of". The grass beside the fence needs cutting/
Besides means "in addition to". Who is coming besides us?
Board/Bored Board is usually a noun referring to wood, a group of people, or a chalkboard. Each school board member wrote his or her name on the bulletin board.
Bored is the past tense of the verb "bore", and means "tired" or "uninterested". The students were bored with the lecture.
Beak/Brake Break is most often used as a verb meaning "damage" or as a noun meaning "pause" or "welcome change in activity". The child will likely break the toy. After the coffee break, they discussed the upcoming spring break.
Brake is commonly used in its noun form, referring to a tool or machine part for stopping the motion of a moving object. Step lightly on your car brake when approaching an intersection.
Breath/Breathe Breath is a noun. Take a deep breath.
Breathe is a verb. Breathe normally while the doctor checks your chest.
Burned/Burnt (note: Although these terms are often used interchangeably, burned is more formal) Burned is frequently to be used as a verb. The child burned her hand.
Burnt is more likely to be used as an adjective. Most meat-eaters do not prefer burnt steak.
Buy/By Buy is a verb meaning "purchase". When you start your first job, you can buy your own clothes.
By is a preposition meaning "beside" or "through the act of". He was standing by the theatre where Hamlet written by Shakespeare was playing.
Can/May Can means "able to". People can do anything they put their mind to.
May suggests possibility, opportunity, or permission. May I bring the umbrella because they say it may rain later today.
Cannot/Can Not Cannot reflects common pronunciation.
Can Not is preferred for emphasizing the negative.
Child/Kid Child is the preferred formal version. They adopted a child.
Kid is informal and sometimes derogatory. Natasha was just a kid.
Childish/Childlike Childish means "immature like a child," and has negative connotation when applied to an adult. The man was childish in his attitude and behaviour.
Childlike means "innocent like a child," and has positive connotations when applied to an adult. The man had a childlike respect for his elderly parents.
Choose, Chose, Choice Choose is a present tense verb. Choose your partner carefully.
Chose is a past tense verb. I chose to finish the course.
Choice is a noun. Bob had to make a difficult choice.
Conscience/Conscious Conscience is a noun meaning "awareness of right or wrong". The criminal had no conscience.
Conscious is an adjective meaning "aware". Michelle was not conscious of her friend's jealous nature.
Could Of/Could Have Could Of is the informal conversational form.
Could Have is formal.
Couple/few/Several Couple always refers to two in number. A couple of months went by before their subscription expired.
Few may refer specifically to three or not many more than that. A few players did not like their hot-tempered coach.
Several usually refers to more than a few, but not many (like from 4 to 7) I chose several books from the library.
Course/Coarse Course is a noun meaning "series of studies," or "direction taken". We found the calculus course challenging.
Coarse is an adjective meaning "rough" or "crude". Some people use coarse language on the bus.
Credible/Credulous/Creditable Credible means "capable of being believed". A lie can be credible.
Credulous means "willing to believe". He remained credulous, even when we told ridiculous lies.
Creditable means "worthy of being believed". A lie should not be creditable.
Disinterested/Uninterested Disinterested means "neutral and fair". A disinterested onlooker agreed to referee the game.
Uninterested means "not interested". She was uninterested in watching the movie.
Due To/Because Of Due To refers to schedules and timelines. The train is due to arrive before midnight.
Because Of is the more formal general expression meaning "as a result of". Because of his broken collarbone, he missed a few weeks of school.
Etc./Ect./And So Forth Etc. written in full as et cetera, mans "and so forth". We sell office supplies like pens, pencils, books, etc.
Ect. is the incorrect spelling of etc.
And So Forth is the formal usage of etc. People judge others on their appearance, language, actions, and so forth.
Everyone/Every One Everyone is the general expression. Everyone is going to the dance.
Every One means the same thing, except there is emphasis. Every one of us is expected to make a contribution.
Farther/Further Farther refers to physical distance. They skied farther down the mountain that they ever had before.
Further relates to general amount or quantity. He took further action on the complaint.
Fewer/Less Fewer refers to things which can be counted or itemized. There were fewer votes than the last election.
Less refers to general amounts. Edmonton receives less snow than Winnipeg.
Funny/Strange Funny is used as an informal term meaning "odd" or "strange"; but strictly speaking, it refers to something which is hilarious or laughable. Charlie Chaplin is on of the best-known funny men of film.
Strange is a more limited term referring to unfamiliar or unnatural. His close encounter of the third kind was a strange experience.
Good/Well Good is an adjective. Is this a good way to go?
Well is an adverb. You write well.
Great/Grate Great is a commonly used adjective meaning "large" or "important" Terry Fox and Mother Teresa are both great humanitarians.
Grate is used as a noun referring to framework of iron bars used in fired, or as a verb meaning "wear down" or "annoy" The grate in the fireplace will grate on your ears if it is dragged across the bricks.
Here/Hear Here is used as an adverb or subject and means "in this place". Here in the dog school, dogs learn the command "come here."
Hear is a verb referring to the act of listening. Do you hear the sound of marching feet?
Hole/Whole Hole is commonly used to mean "�an opening" or "hollow". Alice fell down the rabbit hole.
Whole means "complete" or "entire thing". The whole class ate the whole pie.
Imply/Infer Imply means "suggest". Her expression implied that she disagreed with me.
Infer means "draw a conclusion". I inferred from her smile that she was happy.
It's/Its It's is a contraction of "it is" or "it has". It's a lesson too late for learning.
Its is a possessive pronoun. Look at the dog it's got my show in its mouth.
Knew/New Knew is a verb meaning "was familiar with" or "had knowledge of". Kajtek knew the quickest way to get to out house.
New is an adjective meaning "never before used". The new cars had arrived at the showroom.
Later/Latter/Former Later refers to time. The buses were running later than usual.
Latter refers to the last-mentioned item. Kennedy and Nixon were both American presidents; the latter resigned after the Watergate scandal.
Former refers to the first or previously mentioned. Kennedy and Nixon were both American presidents; the former was assassinated.
Lay/Lie/Laid/Lain Lie, Lay, Lain are intransitive verbs (lacking objects) meaning "recline". The poodle owner told Pepper to lie down. He lay down in the shade under the trees. The cat has lain around the house all day.
Lay, Laid, Laid are transitive verbs meaning "set in place". Lay down your weapons. We laid the rumour to rest. This is the goose that has laid the golden egg.
Lead/Led Lead can be used as a verb meaning "guide" or as a noun meaning a kind of metal. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Led is the past tense of the verb to lead He led the girl to the park.
Learned/Learnt/Teach Learned is frequently used as a verb and is more formal. We learned about the government yesterday.
Learnt is more likely to be used as an adjective and more informal. Language arts includes the learnt skills of listening, viewing, and representing.
Teach means "present lessons". Teach me how to fly.
Leave/Let Leave is often used as a verb meaning "go away" or "give". Leave at your own chosen speed.
Let is a verb meaning "allow". It's said to be best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Like/As/Similar To Like can be used as a preposition. Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down.
As can be used as an adverb. The pony ran as fast as the wind.
Similar To is a more formal phrasing of like. The daughters were similar to their mother in physical appearance.
Loan/Borrow Loan can be used as a verb meaning "allow someone the use of", or as a noun meaning "payment" or "something borrowed". The library can loan us books and the bank gave us a loan on our mortgage.
Borrow is a verb meaning "use someone else's property or money". May I borrow your extra pen?
Lose/Loose/Loss Lose (pronounced like looz) is a verb meaning "be defeated".
Loose (pronounced like looss) is an adjective meaning "not contained". Don't let loose the alligator. Do you have any loose change?
Loss (pronounced like lawce) is a noun referring to defeat. How did the home team take the loss?
Mad/Angry/Insane Mad can means both "upset and annoyed" The stress of modern living can cause one to go mad.
Insane also means "upset and annoyed" by also reflects more of the original meaning. Lady Macbeth became increasingly insane from guilt after she assisted in a murder.
Angry is a more specific, formal way of saying "upset" or "furious". I was very angry and disappointed with him.
Man/Guy Man is more formal. The man was definitely a hero.
Guy is informal and may even be derogatory. He was just some guy she met.
No-One/ No One No-One is a much less commonly used, though acceptable, hyphenated form of No One. No one will know if you don't want them to.
Off Of/Off Off Of is an extremely informal expression for Off The fork fell off the table.
OK/O.K./Okay These are informal expression for the more formal "all right". Is it OK to leave early?
Passed/Past Passed is a past tense verb. The car passed us on the highway.
Past is used as a noun, adjective, or preposition. The past comes well before the future. Her past life caught up with her when she drove past the exit.
Patience/Patients Patience is usually a desirable character quality. Patience is a virtue.
Patients are people who have a doctor. The doctor had many patients to attend to.
Payed/Paid Payed is a misspelling of Paid. The manager paid his employees.
Phase/Faze Phase is a noun meaning "period" or "spell". Depression is a phase many people experience.
Faze is an informal verb meaning "bother" or "upset". Nothing could faze the concentration of the figureskater.
Piece/Peace Piece refers to a section or portion. Please give me a piece of chocolate cake.
Peace refers to quiet, or a state of non-war. He knew no peace after his secret identity had been discovered.
Plane/Plain Plane is a noun most often describing a shortened spelling for airplane. The plane had lift off.
Plain is used as an adjective to mean "obvious", "ordinary-looking", or "simple". It was plain to see that the man was plain-looking.
Plus/&/And Plus and & should only be used in mathematics or in informal writing. Writers sometimes make the mistake of using Plus at the beginning of a sentence to mean "also". The wind and cold temperatures created hazardous driving conditions. Also, the road has black ice on it.
Principal/Principle Principal can be used as a noun meaning "head of a school" or as an adjective meaning "main". Mrs. Brown, the principal, is the principal reason why this school is successful.
Principle is a noun which refers to fundamental belief. Honesty is a guiding principle in his life.
Prejudice/Prejudism There is no such word as Prejudism. We need to set aside our own prejudice.
Proceed/Precede Proceed means "go ahead". Proceed to the nearest exit.
Precede means "come before" The police motorcycle will precede the Prime Minister's motorcade.
Quite/Quiet/Quit Quite is an adjective meaning "really", "completely", "actually", or "positively". Shireen was quite upset.
Quiet is an adjective meaning "still", "peaceful", "without noise". Try to be quiet in the library.
Quit is a verb meaning "stop" or "leave". The losing candidate quit his campaign and the quit the party.
Raise/Rise Raise mean "lift up". There was a plan to raise the Titanic.
Rise means "get up". Are you early to rise in the morning?
Real/Really Real is an adjective. What's the real story on this cover-up?
Really is an adverb. I swam really fast.
Regardless/Irregardless There is no such word as Irregardless. The went swimming regardless of the bad weather.
Role/Roll Role is a noun which refers to a part played. What role did you get in Romeo and Juilet?
Roll is often used as a verb meaning "turn over", or as a non referring to a bread food. Roll the ball to me. Do I get a roll with my soup?
Saw/Seen Seen is sometimes used interchangeably and wrongly with Saw as in "I seen the two movies". Seen can be used correctly when used with the auxiliary verbs "have" or "had" I saw the two movies. I have seen the two movies.
Set/Sit Set is a verb indicating placement and arrangement. The table was set for twelve.
Sit is a verb meaning "rest on the buttocks". Sit down and make yourself at home.
Should Of/Should Have Should Of is the informal conversation pronunciation of the formally correct Should Have. I should have known better.
Sight/Site/Cite Sight refers to something seen. Did you sight the U.F.O? Bobby was quite a sight at the party.
Site refers to a place or center. The construction site was almost ready.
Cite is a verb meaning "indicate a reference". Did you cite the dictionary in your essay?
Sneaked/Snuck Snuck is the informal, conversational version of Sneaked. The child sneaked into the bedroom.
Soul/Sole Soul[/b[ is a noun that refers to spirit. Claudius'soul was ensnared with guilt.
Sole is an adjective meaning "only", or a noun referring to a type of fish. The sole reason for my not ordering the sole is that I don't like fish.
Sure/Surely Sure is an adjective meaning "certain" or "definite". The police were sure he was innocent.
Surely is an adverb meaning "�certainly" or "without fail" Surely the jury will see through the lies of the accused.
Than/Then Thanis used for comparison. Surprisingly, the gymnast was more agile than the older competitors.
Then is an adverb meaning "at the time" or "soon afterward". Then he came into the room and screamed.
That/Which/Who That can refer generally to both persons or things. The people that were in the elevator were trapped for hours.
Which refers specifically to things. The voting rights of the people, which are guaranteed by the law, make democracy work well.
Who refers specifically to persons. She was the woman who had her cell phone stolen.
There/Their/They're There is an adverb meaning "at that place". Go there.
Their is a possessive pronoun meaning "belonging to them". We saw the Singhs at their house.
They're is a contraction for "they are". They're always right.
Through/Threw Through is used as a preposition meaning "from one side to another", "over", or "by means of". The rock crashed through the window when the executive when through his aerobic exercises.
Threw is the past tense of the verb "throw" which means toss or hurl. The pitcher threw the ball to the catcher.
Till/Until Till is informal. The floodwaters kept rising till the banks gave way.
Until is preferred at the beginning of sentences. Until she finished high school, she never had a regular job.
To/Too/two To is most often a preposition meaning "in the direction of" The went to the park.
Too is an adverb meaning "also" or "more than enough". I'm going, too. There are too many people here.
Two is the word for the numeral 2. Two players are needed for table-top tennis.
Uninterested/Disinterested Uninterested refers to being bored or not paying attention. The six year-old boy was uninterested in the love story.
Disinterested refers to having a neutral interest or being impersonal. A referee is suppose to be disinterested in the outcome of the game.
Where/Wear Where is an adverb meaning "in (at/to/from) what place". Where are you going?
Wear is a verb meaning "put on the body", or a noun and verb both referring to damage done to something. What should we wear to the party? The back tires were showing signs of wear.
Whether/Weather Whether is a conjunction suggesting choice and is often followed by or not. She did not know whether or not to make the phone call.
Weather is a noun referring to atmospheric conditions. We watch the weather very closely in case it rains.
Which/Witch Which is the more common word; it is a pronoun used to ask questions. Which route should we take?
Witch is a noun referring to a woman supposed to have magic powers. On Halloween, my sister dressed up as a witch.
Who's/Whose Who's is a contraction which means "who is" or "who has". Who's on my side? Who's got the puck?
Whose is a possessive pronoun expressing ownership. Whose line is it anyway?
Would Of/Would Have Would Of is an informal, conversational version of the formally correct Would Have. We would have attended the concert, but Mary was sick.
You're/Your You're is a contraction for "you are". You're embarrassing me.
Your is a possessive pronoun meaning "belonging to you". your dog wants to go for a walk.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:31 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:32 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:33 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:42 pm
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I forgot, I never really introduced myself. Hello, My name is InnocentlyEvil, Ms. Evil if you desire. My name IRL is Heather, I'm 20 years old, born & raised in New York I've been down for many years now. I'm a licensed Cosmetologist, hopefully, one day to be a Desairologist. I don't smoke, or do drugs. Nor do I curse. I'm also the owner of Polls Unlimited, & & the I Love New York Guild, also a DeviantArtist.
If there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to ask or PM me.
http://www.myspace.com/InnocentlyEvil
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