task sheet c - confusables, common errors and other problems

8/12/2019 TASK SHEET C - Confusables, Common Errors and Other Problems

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TASK SHEET C confusables, common errors and other problems

DIRECTIONS

Using the document ONLINE RESOURCES, figure out the meanings of confusables and pay attention to difficult spellings andother problems signalled. See each section for specific instructions. Many of these problems will be tested in your final exam ( FT& SSAA).

INA! E"A# RE!E$ANCE

This task sheet will be used for the SSAApart of your final exam. See the document BUSINESS COMMUNICATION - COURSEAND EXAM GUIDEfor further details.

TI%S

Start working early in the semester. ea!ing a large amount of work for the last few days before the final exam could seriously

reduce your chances of success in getting a high mark. "ttend as many seminars as possible # you will see how such language items will be used in the actual final exam ($uestion

formats, exam strategies etc.) and also how they are used in real%life situations.

"sk your teacher whene!er you encounter problems. &ou can do so in person or by email. &our teacher is there to guide andad!ise you towards your best performance'

Use the online dictionaries mentioned in this order of importance LONGMAN OXFORD MACMILLAN CAMBRIDGE#

your teacher will be using these dictionaries in the same order of importance when constructing your test $uestions. *emember that many *omanians use +nglish words incorrectly, ust because some +nglish words and grammatical structures

are -*/0& understood by some +nglish%learning *omanians due to a superficial similarity (i.e. based on *omanianlanguage logic, rather than on +nglish language logic)' 1or example, the word actualis !ery different in +nglish and *omanianusages'

*emember that learning a foreign language also means T23/43/0 3/ " 5311+*+/T -"& as compared to your own mother

tongue' -ords in a foreign language # although they may look like words in your own nati!e language (*omanian, forinstance) # can mean 6+*& 5311+*+/T T23/0S'

-ork systematically and constantly' 5oing a lot of work during one week and none or !ery little during another week will nothelp' 5o a small amount of work constantly, based on a plan 7 schedule.

"lways come back to pre!ious work done, from time to time' This kind of re!ision will enable you to start recogni8ing (and

using) what you9!e already studied.


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CON&SA'!ESTHESE (ORDS ARE $ER) RE*&ENT!) CON&SED+

SE A DICTIONARY FOR EXTRA HELP!

CON&SA'!ES AS

%AIRS -RO&%S

INDI$ID&A! (ORDS )O&R NOTES E"A#%!ES

alternate 7 alternati!e alternate

alternate 7 alternati!e alternat./e

attendee 7 attendant attendee

attendee 7 attendant attendant

base 7 basis base

base 7 basis bas.s

beside 7 besides bes.de

beside 7 besides bes.des

business 7 businesses bus.ness

business 7 businesses bus.nesses

continuously 7continually

cont.nuousl0

continuously 7continually

cont.nuall0

custom 7 habit custom


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custom 7 habit hab.t

disability 7 inability d.sab.l.t0

disability 7 inability .nab.l.t0

do 7 make do

do 7 make ma1e

economic 7 economical econom.c

economic 7 economical econom.cal

effecti!e 7 efficient effect./e

effecti!e 7 efficient eff.c.ent

further 7 farther further

further 7 farther farther

historic 7 historical h.stor.c

historic 7 historical h.stor.cal

insurance 7 assurance 7reassurance

.nsurance

insurance 7 assurance 7reassurance assurance

insurance 7 assurance 7reassurance

reassurance

insure 7 ensure 7assure 7 reassure

.nsure


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ensure


assure


reassure

ob 7 career 2ob

ob 7 career career

lie 7 lay l.e

lie 7 lay la0

moral 7 morale moral

moral 7 morale morale

note 7 notice note

note 7 notice not.ce

occasion 7 opportunity occas.on

occasion 7 opportunity opportun.t0

onset 7 outset onset

onset 7 outset outset

personal 7 interpersonal personal

personal 7 interpersonal .nterpersonal


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personnel 7 staff personnel

personnel 7 staff staff

product 7 produce(nouns)

product

product 7 produce(nouns)

produce

re$uirement 7 re$uest re3u.rement

re$uirement 7 re$uest re3uest

relation 7 relationship relat.on

relation 7 relationship relat.onsh.p

rise 7 raise r.se

rise 7 raise ra.se

safety 7 security safet0

safety 7 security secur.t0

sex 7 gender se4

sex 7 gender 5ender

status 7 statute status

status 7 statute statute


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CO##ON ERRORSSO#E ST&DENTS '&I!D (ORDS 'ASED ON !O-IC ON!) (ORD '&I!DIN- IN EN-!ISH IS AR RO# !O-ICA!6A!SO, SO#E ST&DENTS THINK THAT CERTAIN RO#ANIAN7SO&NDIN- (ORDS IN EN-!ISH HA$E THE SA#E#EANIN- AS IN EN-!ISH+ SO#ETI#ES THIS IS NOT THE CASE+


THESE (ORDS E"%RESSIONS DO NOT E"IST INEN-!ISH, THE) ARE &SED INCORRECT!) OR THE) ARE

#ISS%E!T

THESE ARE THE CORRECT EN-!ISH E*&I$A!ENTS

academ.c Th.s 8ord .s not used l.1e .n Roman.an+ !oo1 .t up6

academ.c.an Th.s 8ord .s not used l.1e .n Roman.an+ !oo1 .t up6

actual Th.s 8ord .s not used l.1e .n Roman.an+ !oo1 .t up6

ad/ert.sment ad!ertisement

ad/.ces ad!ice: some ad!ice: a piece 7 a word of ad!ice

anne4 Th.s 8ord .s not used l.1e .n Roman.an+ !oo1 .t up6

bee.n5+++ being

caffe cafe

cathe5or0 category

cho.se choice

consecrate Th.s 8ord .s not used l.1e .n Roman.an+ !oo1 .t up6

countab.l.t0 contab.l.t0 accounting 7 accountancy

Dear !ad0, 9.n letters ema.ls: 5ear Madam, 5ear Ms 7 Mrs 7 Miss ;ones etc.

Dear #.ster, 9.n letters ema.ls: 5ear Sir, 5ear Mr ;ones etc.

d.scuss about someth.n5 discuss something

elaborate a document etc+ draw up a document 7 draft a document

acult0 of Econom.c Econom.cal Sc.ences 1aculty of +conomics5raduate a un./ers.t0 facult0 graduate from a uni!ersity 7 faculty

I d.dn;t ta1e the e4am of #ar1et.n5+ 3 didn9t pass the exam in Marketing.

I don;t ha/e a /erbal process+ 3 don9t ha!e a formal statement.

I for5ot m0 student card at home+++ 3 left my student card at home. 7 3 forgot my student card.

I 5a/e an e4am of rench+ 3 took 7 sat an exam in 1rench.

I ha/e a course sem.nar of En5l.sh+ 3 ha!e a lecture 7 seminar in +nglish.


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I ha/e emot.ons+++ 9Rom< am emo ..: 3 am ner!ous.

I left m0 paper at the secretar0+++ 3 left my paper with the secretary 7 at the secretary9s office.

I 8ant to cand.date for+++ 3 want to run for... 7 3 want to be a candidate for...

I 8ant to correct m0 mar1+++ 3 want to upgrade my mark.

I 8.ll f.n.sh m0 facult0 un./ers.t0 +++ 3 will finish my (undergraduate 7 (post)graduate) studies...

I 8.ll ha/e m0 l.cence l.cense e4am+++ 3 will ha!e my final exam(s) 7 my thesis 7 dissertation defence...

I;m a5ree 3 agree.I;m .nterest.n5+++ 39m interested (in something).

.ne4.stent nonexistent

.nformat.ons information

.rre5ardless regardless 7 irrespecti!e (of something)

len5ht length

ma1e an e4erc.se do an exercise

man0 mone0 much 7 a lot of money

musculous muscular

#0 note .s 8ron5+++ My mark is wrong.

#0 sect.on .s .nance and 'an1.n5+ My maor is 1inance and


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stren5ht strength

thau5ht thought

thou5t thought

tour.st.c tourist (noun and adecti!e: e.g. tourist attractions)tra.n.n5s training (sessions 7 courses)

un.c.t0 uni$ueness

(hat means "= -hat does = mean>8.ht with

)our s.ncerl0 9.n letters: &ours sincerely (


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OTHER %RO'!E#S 9>:HERE ARE THE CORRECT SIN-&!AR AND %!&RA! OR#S O SO#E NO&NS+


SIN-&!AR %!&RA!

analysis analysesbasis> bases

crisis crises

hypothesis hypotheses

thesis theses

etc+

aircraft? aircraft

means@ means

series series

species species

etc+

criterion criteria

curriculum curricula

fungusB fungi

medium media

phenomenon phenomena

syllabus syllabi

etc+

?Baseand basisare different as nouns (look them up in a dictionary). The plural of basisis bases. The plural of baseis also bases.@Aircraft andsacecraftfollow the same rule.


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OTHER %RO'!E#S 9?:HERE ARE SO#E DIIC&!T S%E!!IN-S O SO#E DERI$ATI$ES+


ADECTI$E NO&N $ER'

broad breadth broadendeep depth deepen

high height heighten

long length lengthen

strong strength strengthen

weighty (E hea!y) weight weigh

wide width widen


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OTHER %RO'!E#S 9@:SO#E RE-&!AR OR IRRE-&!AR $ER'S ARE DIIC&!T 'ECA&SE THE) HA$E SI#I!AR S%E!!IN-S+


'ASE OR# %AST OR# %AST %ARTICI%!E OR#

arise (irregular), 3/T*"/S3T36+ arose arisenarouse (regular), T*"/S3T36+ aroused aroused

lay (irregular), T*"/S3T36+ laid laid

lie (irregular), 3/T*"/S3T36+F lay lain

lie (regular), 3/T*"/S3T36+ lied lied

raise (regular), T*"/S3T36+ raised raised

rise (irregular), 3/T*"/S3T36+ rose risen

rouse (regular), T*"/S3T36+ roused roused

OTHER %RO'!E#S 9:HERE IS A S%ECIA! S%E!!IN- %RO'!E# RE-ARDIN- AN AD$ER'+SE A DICTIONARY FOR EXTRA HELP!ADECTI$E AD$ER'

public publiclyG

GTransiti!e !erbs always take a direct obect She lay the table for the 6 of us. The table is the direct obect of lay and responds to the $uestionWhat did she lay>H3ntransiti!e !erbs ne!er take direct obects Bulgaria lies to the south of Romania. /T Bulgaria lays to the south of Romania' Ilease notethat la07 l.ecan be $uite confusing regarding past and participle forms' "lso remember that one and the same !erb can be used transiti!ely(Im eating a pia# the direct obect is mentioned a pia) or intransiti!ely Im eating# the direct obect is not mentioned).JThis is the one and only exception you will e!er ha!e to remember for correct usage in this sense' The rule is that whene!er you add the )l*suffix to an adecti!e ending in either )ic or )ical, you will ha!e an ad!erb, e.g. scie"tific scie"tificall*, ec#"#!ic ec#"#!icall*,ec#"#!ical ec#"#!icall*etc. 2owe!er,ublicall*is incorrect. This is the only exceptionublicl*'


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OTHER %RO'!E#S 9B:NOT A!! (ORDS THAT END IN )L+ARE E"C!&SI$E!) AD$ER'S6>


THESE ARE ON!) ADECTI$ES THESE ARE %OSSI'!E AD$ER' E*&I$A!ENTS

friendly, cowardly, lo!ely, leisurely etc. in a friendly 7 cowardly lo!ely 7 leisurely way 7 manner etc.etc+

THESE CAN 'E EITHER ADECTI$ES OR AD$ER'S 9depend.n5 on conte4t:

early

hourly

weekly>>

daily>?

monthly>@

yearly

etc+

THIS CAN ON!) 'E AN ADECTI$E OR A NO&N 9depend.n5 on conte4t:

$uarterly

etc+

?K"s a rule, if you add )L+to an adecti!e, you obtain an ad!erb beautiful beautifull*, "ice "icel*, ,#"'erful ,#"'erfull*etc.2owe!er, there are some exceptions (see the tables abo!e).


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OTHER %RO'!E#S 9:SO#E ADECTI$ES CAN ON!) 'E &SED ATER NO&NS, NOT IN RONT O THE# AND $ICE $ERSA6 RE#E#'ER THEO!!O(IN- AND A!(A)S CHECK A DICTIONAR) (HEN &NS&RE+


ADECTI$ES THAT ARE ON!) &SED ATER NO&NS %OSSI'!E ADECTI$E E*&I$A!ENTSA'!AE "he building #as ablae. "he bur"i"%building collapsed$ARAID She is afrai'of heights$ "hescare'% fri%te"e'#oman #ouldnt &ump'A!ONE (e is al#"e$ "he l#"el*% l#"es#!eguy hardly ever goes out$AS!EE% "he dog #as aslee$ )etsleei"%dogs lie'./

etc+

?BIro!erb E Ldo not make a seemingly dangerous situation e!en more dangerous'

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