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Confusing usage words part seven

  • right: (noun) claim or title; (adjective) proper; just; correct;
    (adverb) directly; (verb) to put in proper order
    Freedom of speech is one of our rights. (noun)
    Is this the right way to tie this knot? (adjective)
    Come right home after school. (adverb)
    Let’s right the wrongs we committed. (verb)
    rite: (noun) a ceremony
    The religious woman performed the rite in front of twenty people.
    wright: (noun) a worker
    One of Mike’s relatives worked as a wheelwright many years ago.
    write: (verb) to record in print
    Please write your name on this line.
  • set: (verb) to put in place
    Please set the table for dinner, James.
    sit: (verb) to rest in a seated position
    Sit down for a while, and catch your breath.
  • than: (conjunction) word used to compare two or more people, places,
    things, or ideas
    Yvonne is older than I.
    then: (adverb) at that time
    I then told him that he was doing the right thing.
  • unless: (subordinating conjunction) in any other case than
    Unless you have a good reason, the coach expects you to be here with
    the rest of us.
    without: (preposition) lacking; with none of; (adverb) outside
    Without this card, I will not be admitted. (preposition)
    He ran without. (adverb)
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  • the interjection
  • Active and passive voices
  • agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
  • agreement involving prepositional phrases
  • Commas Part Five
  • Commas Part Four
  • Commas Part One
  • Commas Part Three
  • Commas Part Two
  • complete and simple predicates
  • complete and simple subjects
  • complex sentences
  • compound complex sentences
  • compound prepositions and the preposition adverb question
  • compound subject and compound predicate
  • compound subjects part two
  • compound subjects part one
  • Confusing usage words part eight
  • Confusing usage words part five
  • Confusing usage words part four
  • Confusing usage words part one
  • Confusing usage words part seven
  • Confusing usage words part six
  • Confusing usage words part three
  • Confusing usage words part three 2
  • Confusing usage words part two
  • First Capitalization List
  • indefinite pronouns
  • Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
  • introducing clauses
  • introducing phrases
  • Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • irregular verbs part one
  • irregular verbs part two
  • Italics Hyphens and Brackets
  • Misplaced and dangling modifiers
  • More Apostrophe Situations
  • More subject verb agreement situations
  • Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
  • Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
  • personal pronouns
  • pronouns and their antecedents
  • Quotation Marks Part Three
  • Quotation Marks Part One
  • Quotation Marks Part Two
  • reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
  • Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • regular verb tenses
  • Second Capitalization List
  • sentences fragments and run on sentences
  • singular and plural nouns and pronouns
  • Sound a like words Part Four
  • Sound a like words Part Three
  • Sound a like words Part Two
  • Sound alike words part one
  • subject and verb agreement
  • subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
  • subject verb agreement situations
  • the adjective
  • the adjective clause
  • the adjective phrase
  • the adverb
  • the adverb clause
  • the adverb phrase
  • The Apostrophe
  • the appositive
  • The Colon
  • The coordinating conjunction
  • the correlative conjunction
  • the direct object
  • the gerund and gerund phrase
  • the indirect object
  • the infinitive and infinitive phrase
  • The nominative case
  • the noun
  • the noun adjective pronoun question
  • the noun clause
  • the object of the preposition
  • the participle and participial phrase
  • The possessive case
  • The possessive case 2
  • The possessive case and pronouns
  • the preposition
  • the prepositional phrase
  • the pronoun
  • The Semicolon
  • the subordinating conjunction
  • the verb
  • The verb be
  • the verb phrase
  • Transitive and intransitive verbs
  • types of nouns
  • types of sentences by purpose
  • Using Capital Letters
  • what good writers do
  • Jogging Tips and Guidelines
  • Football Players
  • Benefits of Pineapple
  • What to Eat in Tamil Nadu
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