Brzo učenje engleskog jezika - jezičke nedoumice XVII deo

Nakon kraće pauze donosimo 10 novih primera najčešćih rečničkih i gramatičkih nedoumica u engleskom jeziku. Verujemo da će vam današnji primeri biti posebno korisni. Podsećamo da ćemo ovaj priručnik jezičke mreže završiti sa čak 200 primera i objašnjenja. Na kraju teksta nalaze se veze do prethodno objavljenih 160 nedoumica; možda je sada pravo vreme da ih obnovite ili pogledate šta ste propustili 🙂

161. What’s the difference: “pass away/pass out/pass over”? Pass away means to die.
Pass out means to faint. Pass over means to ignore. This is how you would use each phrase in a sentence: Your grandfather passes away and you attend the funeral. The marathon runner passed out in the heat. And you were passed over for a raise by your boss.

162. How do you use “of course/off course”?
Of course means yes. Off course means to not follow an intended path, course or route. So you can answer “of course” if you want to do something. You are off course if an airplane does not follow the normal route or you are not on target of meeting your goal.

163. “People or persons”?
People is almost always the better choice when you refer to more than one person. The dictionaries that include persons mention that this word is uncommon and archaic. It is going out of style. For example, “There are many people who take the subway to work.” Use the word people for the plural of person.

164. What about “loose/lose”?
Loose means to not faster or tie up. It means to be able to move freely. Lose means no longer have whether by an accident or misfortune. For example, “This knot is too lose” and “I don’t want to lose my library card.” One way to remember the difference between the words is that the word lose has lost an o. (Get it? Lose means to no longer have.)

165. What is the difference between “overtake/takeover”?
Overtake means to pass as in a vehicle passing another vehicle on the highway. Takeover means to get control of a company by buying most of its shares. For example, the company that my neighbor works for was recently taken over. It was involved in a takeover this past month.

166. “Some time, sometime or sometimes”?
Sometime means at some unspecified time like, “Let’s go biking again sometime.” Some time means quite a while. For example, “He spends some time sailing every day.” Sometimes means now and then; occasionally like, “Sometimes I like to ride my bicycle up the bluff.”

167. “Tenet and tenant”?
A tenet is a belief that someone holds. A tenant is someone who holds an apartment or rents a house. Your tenet could be, “… to do unto others as you want them to do unto you.” Perhaps you are a tenant and you pay rent to a landlord for a place to live.

168. Is “momento” a word?
Momento is not a word. The correct word is memento which means a keepsake, a reminder of an event or a person. You would more than likely have a memento from your trip.

169. “Much thanks/many thanks”:
The word “thanks” is plural so “many thanks” is the correct way to show your appreciation. In the English language, the word “many” is used with plural count nouns and “much” is used with mass nouns. Example, “I send you many thanks. I have much gratitude.”

170. What is the difference between “a while and awhile”?
A while is a time. For example, in “In a while I will take the dogs for a walk.” Notice the pause between the two words: “a” and “while”. Awhile is one word. It is an adverb that means “for a time”. For example, “Mother told the children to go and play awhile.”

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