Tuesday, March 16, 2010

WORD PRECISION DEMANDED

REPEL/REPULSE

Explain the difference in meaning between "repel" and "repulse". It is very subtle, so be precise.
Create sentences that demonstrate the meanings of the words "repel" and "repulse".


HOW MANY?

How many errors can you detect in the following piece? Give the specifics of each and fix each.

"Laying in bed at Royal Inland Hospital Ben Basaraba, 24, from Creston, B.C., talks about the Big Iron Shootout at Revelstoke, where two were killed and 30 injured in a snowmobile-triggered avalanche on Boulder Mountain Saturday."
Keith Anderson, Canwest News service, photo tag, "B.C. plans crackdown", The Windsor Star, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "rancorous".
Define "rancorous" and use it in a sentence.
What part of speech is "rancorous"?
What is the noun form of the word?
Create a sentence using "rancorous".

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