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aggravate verbExample: Your constant exercise will aggravate your injury.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
aggressive adjectiveExample: Her aggressive attitude helped her succeed in sales.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
agree verbExample: A subject must agree with its verb in number.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
ail verbExample: He will ail with this sickness.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
air noun and verbExample: He wanted to clear the air. nounExample: He was able to air his grievances. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
aisle nounExample: After years of dating, he was ready to walk down the aisle.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
ale nounExample: Let me buy you a bottle of ale.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
alight verb and adjectiveExample: He wanted to alight from the limo in style. verbExample: The sky was alight with a billion stars. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
all ready See already.See already, all ready in Grammar.com's section on Problem Words.As two words, all ready simply means that everyone is ready.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
all right adjective and adverbNote: The spelling alright is likely to raise the eyebrows of your readers. The fused words already and altogether arose in the middle ages and are properly spelled. But alright arose only a hundred years ago and prompte... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
alleged verb (past tense and past participle of the verb allege) and adjectiveExample: The prosecutor alleged that the defendant killed with premeditation. verbExample: The alleged thief skipped town. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
all together - correct spelling all together See altogether.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
almost adverbExample: He has read almost every novel by John Grisham. adverb (modifying the adjective every)Example: He almost hit the pedestrian. adverb (modifying the verb hit)... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
already adverbNote: The two-word expression all ready means “entirely ready” or “prepared.” The one-word expression already means “previously” or “so soon.” Though indistinguishable in speech, these expressions should appear properly ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
alright The word alright is misspelled. See all right.See Grammar.com's section on Problem Words for a discussion of all right, alright.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
although subordinating conjunctionNote: The conjunctions although and though are generally interchangeable. You should use though, however, when it’s used to form an elliptical clause or to join other parts of speech. See the examples below.Example... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
altogether adverbNote: The two-word expression all together means “in a group.” The one-word expression altogether means “wholly, entirely, completely.” Though indistinguishable in speech, these expressions should appear properly spelled in w... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
always adverbExample: He always works on weekends.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
amateur noun and adjectiveExample: As an amateur, Tiger Woods played at Augusta National. nounExample: He excelled as an amateur golfer. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
American proper noun (always capitalized) and adjective (always capitalized).Example: Though a native of Mexico, she admired the American. nounExample: He excelled at American English. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
among prepositionExample: Relax. You’re among friends.For a discussion of the Problem Words among and between, click here.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
amount noun and verbExample: The federal deficit is a staggering amount. nounExample: We always knew he would amount to something. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
analysis nounThe plural is analyses.Example: The board paid attention to our analysis of the problem.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
analyze verbExample: You must analyze all options. ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
angel nounNot angle.Example: An angel watches over the small baby at night. ... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
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