Learning A Burt of Correct English_4

Để thay là để di chuyển một người nào đó hoặc một cái gì đó từ vị trí thông thường của nó: hip di dời, một người di dời. Để đặt sai một cái gì đó là đặt nó trong vị trí sai (và có thể quên nó ở đâu): Một dấu nháy đơn đặt không đúng chỗ, ​​lòng tốt đặt không đúng chỗ.
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Learning A Burt of Correct English_4 DOESN’T Avoid this use in formal contexts, however, for it is widely perceived as being incorrect.disiple Wrong spelling. See DISCIPLE.disk See DISC OR DISK?.displace or misplace? To displace is to move someone or something from its usual place: A DISPLACED hip; a DISPLACED person. To misplace something is to put it in the wrong place (and possibly forget where it is): A MISPLACED apostrophe; MISPLACED kindness.dissappear Wrong spelling. See DISAPPEAR.dissappoint Wrong spelling. See DISAPPOINT.dissapprove Wrong spelling. See DISAPPROVE.dissatisfied (dis + satisfied)dissociate See DISASSOCIATE OR DISSOCIATE?.distroy Wrong spelling. See DESTROY.divers or diverse The first is rarely used nowadays except jokingly or in mistake for the second. DIVERS means ‘several’, ‘of varying types’: DIVERS reference books. DIVERSE means ‘very different’: DIVERSE opinions, DIVERSE interests.does or dose? DOES he take sugar? He DOES. (pronounced ‘duz’). Take a DOSE of cough mixture every three hours.doesn’t (not does’nt) See CONTRACTIONS. 61DOMINOdomino (singular) dominoes (plural) See PLURALS (iv).don’t (not do’nt) See CONTRACTIONS.dose See DOES OR DOSE?.double meaning See AMBIGUITY.double negatives The effect of two negatives is to cancel each other out. This is sometimes done deliberately and can be effective: I am not ungenerous. (= I am very generous.) He is not unintelligent. (= He is quite intelligent.) Frequently, however, it is not intentional and the writer ends up saying the opposite of what is meant: I haven’t had no tea. (= I have had tea.) You don’t know nothing. (= You know something.) Be particularly careful with ‘barely’, ‘scarcely’, ‘hardly’. These have a negative force. I wasn’t SCARCELY awake when you rang. (= I was very awake.) Be careful too with constructions like this: I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t come. Say either: I wouldn’t be surprised if he came. or: I would be surprised if he didn’t come. Sometimes writers put so many negatives in a sentence that the meaning becomes too complicated to unravel: Mr Brown denied vehemently that it was62 DRIER OR DRYER? unlikely that no one would come to the concert. Does Mr Brown think that the concert will be popular or not? Rewrite as either: Mr Brown was certain the concert would be well attended. Or: Mr Brown feared that no one would come to the concert.doubling rule See ADDING ENDINGS (i) and (iv).doubt (not dout) The word is derived from the Latin word dubitare, to doubt. It may help you to remember why the silent b is there. YDown’s Syndrome (not Downe’s) FLdownstairs (one word)draft or draught? A DRAFT is a first or subsequent attempt AM at a piece of written work before it is finished. A DRAUGHT is a current of cool air in a room. TE One also refers to a DRAUGHT of ale, a game of DRAUGHTS and a boat having a shallow DRAUGHT.drawers or draws? DRAWS is a verb. She DRAWS very ...