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Use affect as a verb meaning "to influence." Use effect as a nounmeaning "result" or a verb meaning "to complete or bringabout."
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amount/number
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compare to/compare with
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Use complement as a verb meaning "to complete or bring to perfection"or a noun meaning "something that completes." Use compliment as averb meaning "to praise or flatter" or a noun meaning"flattering remark."
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Use comprise to mean to "consist of." Use compose to mean "toconstitute or form."
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:\fr;W5y!Y4b/LUse eminent to mean "famous or prominent." Use imminent to mean"impending."
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Use in to refer to location, position, or state of being. Use into to indicatemovement into a location, position, or state of being. (Note that in to adverband preposition is not interchangeable with into.)
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The rose smells as a rose should.
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[,}L'l|a1H八度網上論壇Use quote as a verb, quotation as a noun.
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Quotations make a publication much more lively.
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Ql'pkm8QUse since as an adverb meaning "after some point in the past." Useafter as a preposition meaning "at a later or subsequent time."
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Stationary means "unmoving or unchanging." Stationery refers towriting paper and envelopes.
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-N4zR['A5OrUse while only to express time (simultaneous occurrence). Avoid using while asa loose replacement for although (concession), whereas or but (contrast), orand (simple linkage).
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who/which/that
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The new computer parts, which were just delivered, are the wrong size.
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