Những từ gây nhầm lần trong Tiếng Anh - Phần 10 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. You can use after as a preposition. ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 10 - After dinner she got hold of the President and spoke to him. admission, admittance - He resigned after allegations that he was involved in drug-trafficking. If you want to get into a private building or part of a building, you seek admittance. You can also use after as a conjunction. Admittance is a formal word and is sometimes used on signs. - I returned to England only recently, after spending two months in India. - How then was he to gain admittance? - His fame grew after he left the hospital. - Bernstein opened a door marked NO ADMITTANCE. In expressions like ‘shortly after’ and ‘not long after’, you can use after as an adverb. Admission has the same meaning, but is less formal. You do not usually use - Douglas came round to see me, and soon after I met him again at a friend's. ‘admission’ on signs. - Shortly after, Fania called me. - Marsha was insisting on admission to David’s office. Afterwards can also be used as an adverb when you do not need to mention the - To gain admission, one had to ring that bell at the main gate. particular time or event. You always use admission when you want to talk about going into public places such - Afterwards we went to a night club. as theatres and museums, or into a hospital as a patient, or being allowed into a - You’d better come up to my room afterwards and show me what you've got. university as a student. You can use later as an adverb to refer to a time or situation that is after the one that - free admission to all national museums and galleries. you have been talking about, or following the time of speaking. - priority casesfor admission to hospital. - I returned some three or four weeks later. - He applied for admission to Harvard. - I’ll go round and see Nell later. • An admission is a confession, usually made rather reluctantly, that you have done You can use all these words after a phrase which mentions a period of time to say when something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing. something happens. - The admission of guilt is hard. - She wrote about it six years afterwards. - They made no admission that the newspaper had been fooling the public. - Ten minutes later Sutherland grabbed a microphone. - five hundred years after his death. advocate, recommend • The words ‘shortly’, ‘soon’, and ‘long’ can be used with both after and afterwards. If someone advocates a particular action or plan, they say publicly that it is the right - He was back in the hotel shortly after six. action or plan and that other people should adopt it. They are usually discussing a - Soon afterwards, Ira came storming into the clinic. serious question that they know a lot about and that can affect many people. Advocate - under a tree known long afterwards as the Queen’s Oak. is pronounced /’ổdvəkeit/. • ‘A little’, ‘much’, and ‘not much’ can be used with later. - The socialist policies he advocates would mean a major reform of the Common - A little later, thefaint blue glow of the emergency lights went out. Market. - I learned all this much later. - The only positive step he took at this time was to advocate Winston Churchill’s return to government as a Minister. all, both, every, each - The report advocates a massive programme ofaid to developing countries. You use all to consider a whole thing or group, complete with its parts or members. If someone recommends a particular action or plan, they suggest that it is the best You can talk about ‘all bread’, ‘all the bread’, or ‘all of the bread’, and ‘all books’, action or plan. They may be discussing a serious question or a minor one, and they may ‘all the books’, or ‘all of the books’. You can also talk about ‘all people’, ‘all the be giving advice to one person, a few people, or many people. people’, or ‘all of the people’. - He suffered severe headaches as a result of this injury, and his doctor recommended Note that when all is used to consider a group, it implies that the group has more than a rest. two members. - The steps we’ve recommended above will help you get a view of your firm’s - Our task, and the task of all education, is to understand the present world. interests. - All their equipment is good. - They recommend that no more than one egg a day should be eaten. - But remember: most of mankind is not all of mankind. - We recommend that you take an adequate supply ofcurrency and traveller's cheques. - All green plants depend on light. - a list of all the biggest countries in the world. after, afterwards, later - She thought of all the women Marsha had told her about. You use after, afterwards, and later to talk about things that happen at a time following the time of speaking or following a particular event. Thẩm Tõm Vy, August 23, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 10
2. - He wanted all of the people to be there. You use apart when you are thinking about people or things together or as a unit, You can also say that people or things all do something. although there is a distance between them. the big table where we all ate from different plates and odd patterned cups and - Stand with your feet just slightly apart. saucers. - I was sitting somewhat apart from the rest. You use both to refer to two people or things. You can talk about ‘both boys’, ‘both - 300 black women got together from places as far apart as Birmingham, Brighton and the boys’, or ‘both of the boys’. Leeds. - the asassination of both Kennedy brothers. - Main crop potatoes should be planted 14 inches (35 cm) apart. - Both the kings under whom he served had financial difficulties If something is away from another person or thing, it is at a distance from them. You - Both of the diplomats blushed when the company thanked them. can also use away to say what the distance between them is. For example, if something You can also say that people or things both do something. is two kilometres away, you mean that it is two kilometres from yourself or from - Tony and Nigel both laughed noisily. somewhere you have mentioned. You use away when you are thinking about the people You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group and not or things separately and not as a unit. just to some of them. Note that every implies that the group you are considering has - I have to inspect a building in a little village away from the main roads. more than two members. You only use every with a singular noun. - Nguyen Hue Street is only afew yards away. - He listened to every news bullet in on the radio. - And there, some twenty miles away, was the Central Tower of Paine. - Every house had to be cleaned. • If you saу that someone is away, you mean that they are not at work or not at - We are still so far from granting an equal chance to every child. school because they are ill or on holiday. You use each to talk about every person or thing in a group. You use each rather than apparently, obviously ‘every’ when you are thinking about the members of a group as individuals. Note that You use apparently to emphasize that you are repeating information that you have each can refer to both members of a pair. You only use each with a singular noun. heard, but that you do not know is definitely true. - The treatment is different in each case. - Mr Andersen is here and would like to see you for a few moments. Apparently it’s - It may be impossible to give each child a room to himself. rather urgent. - Each apartment has one or two twin-bedded rooms. - Did she really believe this? Apparently she did. You can also say that people or things each do something or that each of them does - Apparently artists and directors alike donate their services. something. You can also use apparently when you are describing how something seems to be, - We each carried a blue marking pencil. even though you are not sure that it is really like that. - There will be the benefit of the lower rates of tax for each of them. - There are cases where two apparently opposing views may both be correct. - Each of the boys stood to earn as much as he used to. - He was systematically circling the block, stopping each time, apparently to make Alternately[lần lượt], alternatively [thay thế; núi cỏch khỏc] sure I was still upstairs. You use alternately to say that two actions or processes keep happening regularly You use obviously to emphasize that something is easily seen, noticed, or recognized. after each other. - He had obviously already taken his shower, as his hair was dark with water. - Each piece of material is washed alternately in soft water and coconut oil. - Fontane was obviously irritated but trying to be politefor Lucy’s sake. - The little girl had alternately sulked and made scenes. - She was looking at him darkly and obviously wanting to speak. You use alternatively to give a different explanation from one that has just been You can also use obviously to introduce something that is easily understood. mentioned, or to suggest a different course of action. - This will obviously take some time and cost a great deal ofmoney. - Or alternatively was he short of cash because he had never been to the Rosses' house - Obviously parents need to be sensible. at all? - Alternatively, change seats at once. to be continued apart, away If two people or things are apart, there is a distance between them. You can also use apart to say what the distance between them is. For example, they might be three metres apart or fifty centimetres apart . Thẩm Tõm Vy, August 23, 2020 ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS - 10