Usage #3 Flashcards
Leave, let
Leave: to allow to remain
Let: to permit
Learn; teach
Learn: to acquire knowledge
Teach: to give knowledge to
Like; as
Like: followed by an object
As: followed by a complete sentence
Of
Don’t use in place of have
Only
Place in front of the word you want to modify
Seen
Can only be a verb when used with a helping verb
So
Don’t use if you mean so that
Than; then
Than: used in comparisons
Then: refers to time
That; which; who
That: refers to people or objects
Which: refers to objects
Who: refers to people
Their; There; They’re
Their: possessive
There: a place or statement
They’re: they are
Them
Don’t use when you mean those
To; too; two
To: a place or to do something
Too: also or too much
Two: the number 2
When; where
Don’t use ether in definitions
Where: don’t use in place of that
Lay; lie
Lay: to put or place ( laying, laid, laid)
Lie: to recline (lying, lay, lain)
Set; sit
Set: to put something in a certain place
Sit: to be seated
