CONFUSING WORDS 5

CONFUSING WORDS 5 08/07/2009

Be sure to consult a dictionary as some of the words below have other meanings not described here.

1. hardly: Keep away from expressions as can’t hardly and not hardly as these are actually double negatives.

          I can [not can’t] hardly wait to be through with this class.

2. heard, herd: Heard is the past tense of the verb hear. Herdis a noun meaning “a group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind together”; “a number of wild animals of one species that are together as a group”; “a crowd or a large number of people”.

       The herd of buffalo began a stampede when they heard rustling from the bushes.

3. heir, air: Heir is a noun that means “a person who inherits, or is given authority by law or terms of a will to inherit the holdings of another”; “one who receives or is expected to receive a heritage, as of ideas, from a predecessor”. Air is a noun that means “a colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous mixture contained in the atmosphere”; “the air or atmosphere in an enclosure”; “breeze or wind or an atmospheric movement”.

           All community members knew she was the rightful heir to the great Chief's throne.

       “The air today brings me good news,” said the magician.

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