Confusing usage words part five

Confusing usage words part five

  • farther: (adjective and adverb) used to designate a physical distance
    This woman shot the arrow much farther than I did.
    further: (adjective and adverb) additional
    Let’s wait for further instructions before we do anything else.
    healthful: (adjective) that which brings about good health; wholesome
    Doctor Geiger told his patient to eat a more healthful diet.
  • healthy: (adjective) having good health; well; sound
    If you want to remain healthy into old age, exercise and eat good
    foods.
    in: (preposition, adjective, adverb) within
    Sis was in the dentist’s chair for thirty minutes.
  • into: (preposition) from the outside to the inside of
    Sis walked into the dentist’s office at 2:20 this afternoon.
    leave: (verb) to exit; to let be or stay
    Most of the children and their parents had to leave once the weather
    changed.
  • let: (verb) to allow; to permit
    Will you let me take care of your dog while you go on vacation?
    liable: (adjective) legally responsible
    Because the chipped stoop caused the delivery person to fall, the
    homeowner was liable for damages.
    likely: (adjective and adverb) probable; reasonable to be expected
    After we saw that ominous sky, we felt that a storm was likely.
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  • First Capitalization List
  • indefinite pronouns
  • Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
  • introducing clauses
  • introducing phrases
  • Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • irregular verbs part one
  • irregular verbs part two
  • Italics Hyphens and Brackets
  • Misplaced and dangling modifiers
  • More Apostrophe Situations
  • More subject verb agreement situations
  • Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
  • Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
  • personal pronouns
  • pronouns and their antecedents
  • Quotation Marks Part Three
  • Quotation Marks Part One
  • Quotation Marks Part Two
  • reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
  • Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
  • regular verb tenses
  • Second Capitalization List
  • sentences fragments and run on sentences
  • singular and plural nouns and pronouns
  • Sound a like words Part Four
  • Sound a like words Part Three
  • Sound a like words Part Two
  • Sound alike words part one
  • subject and verb agreement
  • subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
  • subject verb agreement situations
  • the adjective
  • the adjective clause
  • the adjective phrase
  • the adverb
  • the adverb clause
  • the adverb phrase
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  • the appositive
  • The Colon
  • The coordinating conjunction
  • the correlative conjunction
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  • the indirect object
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  • the noun
  • the noun adjective pronoun question
  • the noun clause
  • the object of the preposition
  • the participle and participial phrase
  • The possessive case
  • The possessive case 2
  • The possessive case and pronouns
  • the preposition
  • the prepositional phrase
  • the pronoun
  • The Semicolon
  • the subordinating conjunction
  • the verb
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  • the verb phrase
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