Common confused words

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Common confused words

• By Peiling Hsia

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All about

• bonuswageincomesalaryrevenuecommissionall
  owancepayment
• subsidypensionearningbenefitprofit

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Special notes

• Contain?include?????????,?contain?????????
• ?????????,??????????? ,?include?????
• ????????????,????????????????
• involve ????????,??,??, include ?contain?????
• ????????????,involve??????????????
• ?
• The parcel ___________ a dictionary.
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• The parcel ___________ a dictionary.
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• The health club ___________ a gym, swimming pool
  , and locker room.
• The bowl ___________ a variety of fruit.
• Taking the job ___________ abroad for three
  years.
• I did not realize putting on a play ___________
  so much work.

included
contained
includes
contains
involves
involved
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rather than vs. instead of

• Many young people today work hard to travel
  around the world ________having children ,or even
  starting a family. (a) instead of (b) rather
  than

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• He considers me as his best friend.
• He considers me his best friend.
• These workers are considered as a high-ranking
  group.
• These workers are considered a high-ranking
  group.
• I consider him as clever.
• I consider him clever.
• I consider activities such as jogging and
  weightlifting as unnatural.
• I consider activities such as jogging and
  weightlifting unnatural.

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• Editor Emily Brewster responds
• In all four cases, the sentences without as are
  more idiomatic.
• However, as the article at consider in
  Merriam-Webster's Concise
• Dictionary of English Usage states, "as
  constructions are perfectly
• idiomatic but are not as common in recent use as
  they have been in the
• past.
• Nonetheless, they are still in use and are
  standard."
• The versions without as sound more natural and
  current to my ears.
• He considers me (to be) his best friend.
• These workers are considered (to be) a
  high-ranking group.
• I consider him clever.
• I consider activities such as jogging and
  weightlifting unnatural.

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• Web links
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/ (????????)
• http//www.learnersdictionary.com/blog.php?action
  ViewBlogArticleba_id42 (Merriam-websters
  learners dictionary)