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Usage of mold | Complacent vs interest
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Some English words confused me a lot... #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:03 am   Some English words confused me a lot...
 

I 've been preparing for my BEC (business english -vantage) and came across below words that really confused me a lot, i would appreciate your help a lot if anyone here can help me solve these.
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particularly
peculiarly

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rely on
depend on

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some words confused me a lot, please help #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:45 am   some words confused me a lot, please help
 

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Hello, Meng-- and welcome to English-test.net.

Your groups of words are indeed often synonymous. The only one whose difference is easily explained is 'peculiarly', which includes an element of unusualness. For the others, I would have to see specific sentences to determine appropriateness in context.
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some words confused me a lot, please help #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:20 am   some words confused me a lot, please help
 

Thanks for your help sir. Actually, I came across the above groups of words when I was doing the multiple choice, which really gave me a headache. I know they resemble each other. that is the reason why i dont know how to choose from. if you could please explain more that would be great.

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some words confused me a lot, please help #4 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:44 am   some words confused me a lot, please help
 

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I really have no more to explain without specific sentences-- synonyms often differ only in their collocations.
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Some English words confused me a lot... #5 (permalink) Wed May 27, 2009 12:02 pm   Some English words confused me a lot...
 

Could you please send me e-mail about most confused words as lielay;and etc
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Some English words confused me a lot... #6 (permalink) Fri May 29, 2009 12:55 pm   Some English words confused me a lot...
 

When do you use "lie" and when do you use "lay"?

Lie is to recline. Lay is to put or place, and the verb is always followed by an object. One easy way to remember is, you lie in the sun and a chicken lays an egg. Where it gets tricky is in the past and past participle (the form of have) tenses.

Lay-to put or place

* The present tense of lay (to put or place) is lay or laying. I am laying the book on the table. I lay the book on the table.

* The past tense of lay (to put or place) is laid. Yesterday, I laid the book on the table.

* The past participle tense (have, has, had) of lay (to put or place) is also laid. I have laid the book on the table. She has laid the book on the table. She had laid the book on the table.

lay, laid, laid
Lie-to recline

* The present tense of lie (to recline) is lie or lying. I am lying on the bed. I lie on the bed.

* The past tense of lie (to recline) is lay. Yesterday, I lay on the bed.

* The past participle tense (have, has, had) of lie (to recline) is lain. I have lain on the bed for many hours. She has lain on the bed for many hours. She had lain on the bed for many hours.

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