Confusing usage words part six
31.learn: verb to acquire knowledge
How did you learn to swim so gracefully?
teach: (verb) to instruct
Will you please teach me the eight parts of speech for this test?
32.personal: (adjective) individual or private; intended for use by a single person
This is a personal problem that I would not want to share with others right now.
personnel: (noun and adjective) body of persons employed in an organization or a
place
The director said that the case involved a personnel issue involving several experienced
workers.
33.poor: (noun and adjective) the opposite of rich; not done well
Will you be willing to contribute some money to help the poor? (noun)
Your team showed a poor effort in not running out the grounder in the third inning.
(adjective)
pore: (noun) an opening
Harold looked very closely at his skin pores and was amazed.
pour: (verb) to cause to flow
My aunt was nice enough to pour milk into my little sister’s cereal.
34.quotation: (noun) something that is quoted
The quotations of Mark Twain and Yogi Berra are used quite often for various effects.
quote: (verb) to repeat or cite
Did you quote that author at any time within your term paper?
35.respectfully: (adverb) politely
We respectfully acknowledged their country’s leader.
respectively: (adverb) in precisely the order given
Please line up these folders from A to Z respectively.
Notes
Practical English Grammar - Notes
28. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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37. singular and plural nouns and pronouns
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41. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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42. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
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43. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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48. compound subject and compound predicate
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49. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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