Thursday, October 11, 2007

CONTEXT DICTATES MEANING

IN/INTO

When you read the following sentences the meaning should be obvious. If you cannot detect the difference, try again. Do you make the same mistake, without thinking, in your normal speech?

He came in the room.
He came into the room.

What other examples of small word misuse can you list?


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "jejune".

Define "jejune". List the other forms of the word and use one of them in a sentence.

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