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Những từ dễ nhầm lẫn trong tiếng anh 3 ONTO OR ON TO? an OFFICIAL visit an OFFICIAL invitation OFFICIOUS = fussy, self-important, interfering an OFFICIOUS secretary an OFFICIOUS waiteroften (not offen)omissionomit omitted, omitting See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).one This can be a useful impersonal pronoun: ONE never knows. However, it can be difficult to keep up in a long sentence: ONE never knows if ONES husband is likely to approve of ONES choice but that is a risk ONE has to take. Use one sparingly and beware the risk of pomposity.only The position of only in a sentence is crucial to meaning. See AMBIGUITY (ii).onnist Wrong spelling. See HONEST.onto or on to? There are circumstances when the words must always be written separately. We will consider these first. 149OPHTHALMOLOGIST Always write the words separately if to is part of an infinitive (e.g. to eat, to speak, to be, to watch, etc.): She drove ON TO test the brakes. As a matter of interest you can double-check the separateness of the two words by separating them further: She drove ON because she wanted TO test the brakes. Always write the words separately when to means towards: We cycled ON TO Oxford. Once again, the two words can be further separated: We cycled ON the few remaining miles TO Oxford. It is permissible to write onto or on to when you mean to a position on: The acrobat jumped ONTO the trapeze. The acrobat jumped ON TO the trapeze. It should be borne in mind, however, that many careful writers dislike onto and always use on to. Onto is more common in American English but with the cautions expressed above.ophthalmologist (not opth-)opinion (not oppinion)oppositeoral See AURAL OR ORAL?. 150 OUT OForganise/organize Both spellings are correct.originaloriginally original + lyought Ought is always followed by an infinitive (to visit, to read, to do, etc). We OUGHT to write our thank-you letters. The negative form is ought n ot. We OUGHT NOT to hand our work in late. The forms didnt ought and hadnt ought are always wrong. He didnt ought to say this. He OUGHT NOT to say this. He hadnt ought to have hit her. He OUGHT NOT to have hit her.ours There are eight possessive pronouns: mine, thine, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs. They never need an apostrophe: This house is OURS.outfit outfitted, outfitting, outfitter (exception to 2-1-1 rule). See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).out of Avoid using of unnecessarily: He threw it OUT OF the window. He threw it OUT the window. 151OUTRAGEOUSoutrageous (not outragous) See SOFT c AND SOFT G.over- Take care when adding this prefix to a word already beginning with r-. You will have -rr-: overreact overripe overrule, etc.overreact over + reactovum (singular) ova (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS.owing to See DUE TO/OWING TO. 152 ^•^Hpacked We took a pack lunch with us. We took a PACKED lunch with us.paid (exception to the -y rule; not payed) See ADDING ENDINGS (iii).paiment Wrong spelling. See PAYMENT.pajamas American spelling. See PYJAMAS.palate, palette, pallet PALATE = the top part of the inside of your mouth PALETTE = a small board with a hole for the thumb which an artist uses when mixing paints PALLET = a platform used to lift and to carry goodspanic panicked, panicking, panicky See SOFT c AND SOFT G.paparazzo (singular) paparazzi (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS.paraffinparagraphing There is no mystery about paragraphing although many students find it difficult to know when to end one paragraph and begin another. A paragraph develops a particular point that is relevant to the overall subject. If you wish to write a letter or an essay that develops five or six points, then each point will have its own paragraph and you will add two more, one by way of an introductory 153PARAGRAPHING paragraph and another at the end as a conclusion. There are no rules about how long a paragraph should be. Some paragraphs, often the introduction or the conclusion, may be a single sentence; other paragraphs may be a page or more long. Too many short paragraphs in succession can be very jerky; too many very long ones can look forbidding. It is best to mix ...