14 pairs of verbs in which you admit mistakes
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Because of the homonymous roots (similar sounding) error can automatically allow, and those who know about the difference between the two words. Therefore, even if a majority of tokens does not cause you difficulty, test yourself and remember that something will not be superfluous.
1. Illuminate and sanctify
Every year during the Easter bug in the use of these words is found at every turn. At the hearing not much difference, but in the sense of verbs designate not the same thing. The word "cover" is derived from the token "shine". It has a direct value (direct something light) and portable - to express something or tell of something. But "sanctify" - a church ceremony. It comes from the word "holy." To properly use these verbs, we must proceed from their values.
2. Develop and flutter
Verbs, the meaning of which varies depending on a vowel in them. Check it can be finding cognate word verification with the appropriate accent. "Developing" means the same thing, and to improve, and can easily be verified token "development". "Fluttering" is set to "flutter in the wind, sway in the air." You can check the word "véyat".
3. Sit and go gray
Another stumbling block among verbs, when in fact it's simple. You can sit on something: in a chair, sofa, stool, and so on. A graying received only from old age or nervous strain.
4. Hanging and weighs
The roots of these words are often the cause of the error. You need to contact their meaning to write correctly. If you want to mention someone's weight - inésieves. If we are talking about a subject that is on the floor and has no support from below, then we will write "inandSit. "
5. And defuse defuse
These verbs sound the same, that only adds to the confusion. In order not to make a mistake, you need to know the context in which they are used. Can defuse something, such as seedlings or shrubs. That is, to make them less likely.
discharge the situation or some kind of weapon. Spell check will help root word "discharge". In principle, it is possible to discharge and someone like a doll. This colloquial synonym for "dress up."
6. And to try to reconcile
You do not make a mistake if you know the sense in which the word is used. Can reconcile enemies, because root: -mir-. A try on the clothes of the wordsOnline etymological dictionary of Russian Max Vasmer - measure "Measure", "measure".
7. Begins to sing and drink
If we are talking about something to start singing, then we write "intone". If you need to wash down a pill, then the word should be written through the "i" - from the token "drink".
8. Belittle and beg
Rather complicated pair of verbs, errors are not uncommon. Diminish - it means to belittle, diminish, humiliate. We have -mal- root and root word is "small" and "small". Example of use: "detract from the sense of self-esteem." A beg is set to "request", and cognate -mol- root "pray".
9. Live and chew
With this pair of fairly easy to understand. You can live somewhere: in a cottage in a house in the country and so on. Root word - "live". BUT chew you can eat. You will not suffer an unfortunate mistake, if you start from the context.
10. And open the boil
It seems that here is difficult to make a mistake, but this happens. Because we are dealing with words, homophones. I repeat that once took place in the school. Boil the pasta or eggs can be, but to open the door. -vor- root turnedOnline etymological dictionary of Russian Max Vasmer - to open the word "gate", and therefore write over the vowel "o".
11. Lick and climb
Too, everything depends on the context: to climb up somewhere, that is, to climb, and you can lick something - for example, wound.
12. Escalate and chop
The word "glow" common bug, and some write the non-existent "pinholes". A token is derived from the words 'intensity' and then heat something up to a certain temperature. But you can chop firewood or use that word to mean "to string object to something."
13. Write and write
They sound different, and in a conversation mistake you hardly admit. But in the letter she may occur. Let's deal with examples. A form of "writing" - this appeal, inspires action. In other words - imperative. For example: "Write on this topic more often, it is interesting." A "write" - the verb is plural and second person. Example: "You're a errors».
14. Raze and level
Most do not even know the difference between these two verbs-Paronyms, but it is. Token "equalize" means "to make something equal, equalize." For example: "I want to equalize our chances of success." There is a second meaning - "to compare, to make a comparison." But in this context, the word is out of date and meet except in the literature or dictionaries. But raze - means to make even, to align. Example: "I want to level this place to the ground." By the way, "raze to the ground" - a stable expression meaning to destroy something to the ground.
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