Grammar Usage - Day 2

allusion – an indirect reference
illusion – a false idea
The mayor made an allusion to his plan, but his dreams of success were an illusion.

anywheres, everywheres
DO NOT use an –s
use anywhere and everywhere

bad, badly
bad is an adjective
badly is an adverb
I hurt my knee badly in my bad fall.

being as, being that
use because or since in formal speech or writing
Because it rained, we stayed in.
Since you came early, we will eat now.

beside, besides
beside – next to
besides – in addition to / also

between, among
Use between to refer to two persons or things.
Use among to refer to more than two persons or things.
Six members argued among themselves.
The quarrel was between Mike and Ham.

borrow, lend, loan
borrow means to take something with the intention of returning it.
lend means to give something with the intention that it will be returned.
loan is a noun

bring, take
bring – to carry from a distant place to a closer one.
take – to carry from a nearby place to a more distant one.

can, may
can – the ability to do something.
may – permission or the possibility of doing something

can’t hardly, can’t scarcely
double negatives
Use can hardly or can scarcely

continual, continuous
continual – to describe action that occurs regularly but with pauses
continuous – describes action that occurs with no interruption

could of, might of, must of, should of, would of
INCORRECT
Use have with could, might, must, should, would