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Common Errors. Composition and Conversation Class By Jarvis & Frances 2006/03/17. OUTLINE. Continual/Continuous Recommend/Advise Avenge/Revenge. Continual v.s. Continuous. A> May lived in _________ fear of being betrayed. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Continual v.s. ContinuousA> May lived in _________ fear of being
betrayed. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both
B> The essay is ________being revised. a. continually b. continuously c. neither d. both
C> The lecturer is unable to give lessons with ________ interruptions. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both
Continual v.s. ContinuousA> May lived in _________ fear of being betrayed. a.
continual b. continuous c. neither d. both
B> The essay is ________being revised.
a. continually b. continuously c. neither d. both
C> She was in ______ employment until yesterday. a. continual b. continuous c. neither d. both
Recommend/Advise
D> The police officer _________ the mobs surrender at once. a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both
E> I _______ reading the original novel before seeing its movie adaptation.a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both
F> The stewardess ________ the passenger fasten his seat belt. a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both
Difference
Recommend Advise
-week
-tell what they should do
-meek
-strong
-warn sb. against sth.
-to inferiority
Recommend/Advise
D> The police officer _________ the mobs surrender at once. a. recommends b. advises c. neither d. both
E> I _______ reading the original novel before seeing its movie adaptation.a. recommend b. advise c. neither d. both
F> The stewardess ________ the passenger fasten his seat belt. a. recommends b. advises c. neither d. both
Avenge/RevengeG> He killed the Vet. in _______ for his dog’s
death.
a. revenge b. avenge c. revenging
d. avenging
H> He dares not _____ the death of his parents a. revenge b. avenge c. both would do
d. neither
I> John is revenged on Ken. The sentence suggests…?a. John got hurt for treating Ken badly. b. Ken got hurt for treating John badly.c. Both of them are hurt in a way.d. The question’s unclear. I REFUSE to answer.
Difference
Avenge Revenge
Revenge usually a nounformal or literaryverb
Revenge onself on sb for sth=be revenged on sb for sth
Avenger oneself on sb.
Avenge on sth.
Note: Never “revenge sth.”
Avenge/Revenge• G.>He killed the Vet. in_______for his dog’s death.
a. revenge b. avenge c. revenging d. avenging• H.>He dares not _____ the death of his parents
a. revenge b. avenge c. both would do d. neither• I.>John is revenged on Ken. The sentence suggests…?
a. John got hurt for treating Ken badly. b. Ken got hurt for treating John badly.c. Both of them are hurt in a way.d. The question’s unclear. I REFUSE to answer.
AAB BAA ABB
George Orwell, author of Animal Farm, was strongly against socialism.
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George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, was strongly against socialism.
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