Week 5 Fair vs fare Fair adjective Attractive beautiful Ex Romeo experienced love at first sight when he saw the fair Juliet Lightcolore d Ex Her skin is so fair she gets sun burned easily Ex Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the ID: 482104
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Commonly misused words
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Fair vs. fare
Fair (adjective)
Attractive; beautiful. Ex. Romeo experienced love at first sight when he saw the fair Juliet.Light-colored. Ex. Her skin is so fair; she gets sun burned easily. Ex. “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”3. Legal; within bounds. Ex. The umpire determined the ball was fair, so the runner raced to first base.4. Just; unbiased. Ex. Atticus Finch was know to be a fair man. Slide3
Fair vs. FareFair (Noun)
A church function or bazaar; a carnival
example: I look forward to the Armada
Fair every year.Slide4
Fair vs. Fare
Fare (Noun)
Money paid for transportation
example: The taxi fare was more than I thought it would be.2. Food served. example: The health food restaurant served very nutritious fare.Slide5
Hang vs. Hanged vs. HungHang (verb)
To attach from above; to suspend; to swing freely
Example: Will you stay and help me
hang some pictures?2. To kill by suspending from a rope around the neck. Example: The prisoner will hang tomorrow at dawn.3. To hover in the air Example: Smoke will hang in the air long after the fire is out.Slide6
Hang vs. Hanged vs. HungHanged (verb) – past tenseTo die by hanging
Example: The prisoner was
hanged
yesterday at dawn.Hung (verb) – past tense 1. The past tense of hang*Use “hanged/was hanged” only when referring to death or suicide in the past tense. Use “hung” for past tense when it refers to anything else.*Example: The witches in Salem were hanged. We hung curtains in our living room last night.Slide7
Further vs. FartherFurther (adjective)Additional
Example: Any further advice I give might change your decision.
Further (adverb)
1. To greater degree or extent. Example: We will discuss this further.Further (verb)To give aid; to promote Example: To further autism awareness, we will donate one dollar to wear Slide8
Farther (adjective):More distant; remote; far away. Example: California is farther away than Florida. *The best rule to follow when deciding between “farther” and “further” is that the word “farther” always refers to a
physical
distance.*
Further vs. Farther