👇Common mistakes with confused words👇
⭕️Say and Tell.
❌Don’t say: He told, ‘I will/ll go home.’ He told that he’d go home.
✔️Say: He said, ‘I will/’ll go home.’ He said that he’d go home.
⭕️Make and Do.
🔴(a) Make.
❌Don’t say: The carpenter did a large table.
✔️Say: The carpenter made a large table.
🔴(b) Do.
❌Don’t say: You must make your work carefully.
✔️Say: You must do your work carefully.
⭕️Lie and Lay.
🔴(a) Lie.
❌Don’t say: I’m going to lay down for an hour.
✔️Say: I’m going to lie down for an hour.
🔴(b) Lay.
❌Don’t say: Please lie the exam papers on the desk.
✔️Say: Please lay out the exam papers on the desk.
⭕️Sit and Seat.
🔴(a) Sit.
❌Don’t say: We seat at a desk to write a letter.
✔️Say: We sit at a desk to write a letter.
🔴(b) Seat.
❌Don’t say: He sat the passengers one by one.
✔️Say: He seated the passengers one by one.
⭕️Rise and Raise.
🔴(a) Rise.
❌Don’t say: Val raises very early in the morning.
✔️Say: Val rises very early in the morning.
🔴(b) Raise.
❌Don’t say: She rose their salaries too often.
✔️Say: She raised their salaries too often.
⭕️Like and Love.
❌Don’t say: I like you! Will you marry me?
✔️Say: I love you! Will you marry me?
⭕️Stay and Remain.
🔴(a) Stay.
❌Don’t say: We remained in a very good hotel.
✔️Say: We stayed in a very good hotel.
🔴(b) Remain.
❌Don’t say: Not many figs have stayed on the tree.
✔️Say: Not many figs have remained on the tree.
⭕️Hanged and Hung.
🔴(a) Hanged.
❌Don’t say: No-one has been hung in Britain since 1964.
✔️Say: No-one has been hanged in Britain since 1964.
🔴(b) Hung.
❌Don’t say: We hanged the picture on the wall.
✔️Say: We hung the picture on the wail.
⭕️Wear and Put on.
🔴(a) Wear.
❌Don’t say: Kathy always puts on black shoes.
✔️Say: Kathy always wears black shoes.
🔴(b) Put on.
❌Don’t say: I wear my clothes in the morning.
✔️Say: I put on my clothes in the morning.
⭕️Tear and Tear up.
🔴(a) Tear.
❌Don’t say: John tore up his coat on a nail.
✔️Say: John tore his coat on a nail.
🔴(b) Tear up.
❌Don’t say: Philip was angry and tore the letter.
✔️Say: Philip was angry and tore up the letter.
⭕️Grow and Grow up.
🔴(a) Grow.
❌Don’t say: These flowers grow up very quickly.
✔️Say: These flowers grow very quickly.
🔴(b) Grow up.
❌Don’t say: When I grow I’ll be a doctor.
✔️Say: When I grow up I’ll be a doctor.
⭕️Pick and Pick up.
🔴(a) Pick.
❌Don’t say: We picked up flowers in the garden.
✔️Say: We picked flowers in the garden.
🔴(b) Pick up.
❌Don’t say: The naughty boy picked a stone.
✔️Say: The naughty boy picked up a stone.
⭕️Deal with and Deal in.
🔴(a) Deal with.
❌Don’t say: This book deals in common errors.
✔️Say: This book deals with common errors.
🔴(b) Deal in.
❌Don’t say: A bookseller deals with books.
✔️Say: A bookseller deals in books.
To deaf with means to have to do with, to deal in means.
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