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Right Wrong
The gang cannot distinguish the Good from
The gang cannot distinguish Good from Evil
the Evil
She is afraid to enter/of entering the house to face She is afraid to enter the house, to face the
reality reality
He prefers to live close to nature because he is He prefers to live close to the nature because
afraid of death he is afraid of the death
Prepositions:
at after come:
to instead of with
She has not seen her son for eight She has not seen her son during eight
years years
They have known each other for eight They have known each other since
years eight years
in instead of into:
She only wants to get into her sons She only wants to get in her sons
room room
as instead of like:
of instead of with:
of instead of by:
of instead of for:
I think there are two reasons for the I think there are two reasons of the fact
fact that she decides to clear the room that she decides to clear the room
She feels confused, and the reason for She feels confused, and the reason of
this is to be found in this is to be found in
The second waiter feels the same as The second waiter feels the same that
the old man the old man
Pronouns:
The wolf, which is a wild animal The wolf, who is a wild animal
Negation:
Verb forms
Inconsistent tenses:
Her stepfather often comes to see her. Her stepfather often comes to see her.
One day he asks her.. One day he asked her
This is a way to protect herself and to This is a way to protect herself and to
avoid showing what she really feels avoid to show what she really feels
This shows that she is not used to This shows that she is not used to go
going into her sons room into her sons room
This scene explains her decision to get This scene explains her decision of
rid of Harrys belongings getting rid of Harrys belongings
He would like the old man to leave He would like that the old man leaves
She wants them to know She wants that they know
Possessive forms
whos instead of whose:
The story is about a woman whose The story is about a woman whos
son has died son has died
This is an intriguing story, its setting is This is an intriguing story, its setting
significant is significant
We have little evidence that the author We have few evidences that the author
is being ironic is being ironic
Vocabulary
'The article is in the current edition of The article is in the actual edition of
Le Monde Diplomatique Le Monde Diplomatique
Mrs Carnavon tries to take the Mrs Carnavon tries to take the good
right/correct decision decision
They knew each other really well They knew each other really good
The description of the place is most The description of the place is most
effective good
She does not want to lose her memories She does not want to loose
of him her memories of him
She decides to remove all the things She decides to remove all the things
which could remind her of her son which could remember her of her son
She does this because she cant She does this because she cant
bear/stand seeing the door locked support seeing the door locked
In my opinion, the title of the story According to me, the title of the story
reflects Mrs Carnavons state of mind reflects Mrs Carnavons state of mind
But we dont know what her husband But we dont know what her husband
does to her makes her
I will now analyse the symbolism of I will now develop the houses
the house symbolism
He wants to talk to her but then He wants to talk to her but then
notices that remarks that
She want to rediscover the traces of She wants to find again the traces of
his existence his existence
She has to do what she planned She has to do what she projected
Time stopped when Harry died Time stopped when Harry deceased
As soon as she enters the house As soon as she gets in the house
I have read a very good review of that I have read a very good critic of that
book book
Miscellaneous:
The last sentence of the story is ironic The last sentence of the story is irony
I must apologize for being late I must apologies for being late
Homophones
Friday,October9,2009
BesideandBesides
Takeacloselookatthesewordsandnoticethatonehasa
"s"ontheendwhichchangesthemeaning.
Beside:preposition,near,nextto,atthesideof
Iwillstandbesideyouthroughgoodtimesorbad.
Shestoodbesidethefencegate.
Besides:inadditionto,apartfrom,except
Itwasthemostpopularbookeverwritten,besidesthe
Bible.
EveryonebesidesAnnawantedtogoswimming.
Thursday,October1,2009
poreandpour
Irecentlyreadinanewspaperthat"Thepolicepouredover
thedataofacrimelookingforclues".Weallknowyou
can'tpouroversomething,unlessyouarepouringaliquid
overit.Whattheymeantwasporedwhichmeanstoread
orstudy.
Pore:intransitiveverb;:togazeintently,toreadorstudy
attentivelyusuallyusedwithover,
toreflectormeditatesteadily.
Shewillporeoverthebooktogetreadyforthetest.
Pour:transitiveverb;tocausetoflowinastream,to
dispensefromacontainer
tosupplyorproducefreelyorcopiously
togivefullexpressionto:vent
intransitiveverb;tomovewithacontinuousflow,torain
hard,tomoveorcomecontinuously,stream
toscoreeasilyorfreely(asinbasketball)usedwithin
Thewaiterwillpourdrinksfortheguestwhileweserve
thefood.
Didtherainpourdownhardinyourarea?
Tuesday,September22,2009
elicitandillicit
ElicitandIllicitmaysoundthesamewhenspokenbutthey
havedifferentspellingandmeaning.Becarefulwhen
writingthesewords.
elicit:verb;toobtain,coaxout,drawout,prompt
Icouldnotelicitaresponsefromher.
illicit:adjective;unlawful,forbidden,illegal
Heisinjailforsmugglingillicitdrugsintothecountry.