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Words And Group Of Words Which We Give Wrong Meanings by MavenTemi(m): 6:17pm On Aug 08, 2016
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There are words in English language that we use wrongly due to meanings we give to them,and they are actually wrong.
1. BIANNUAL and BIENNUAL- biannual means twice in a year and biennial means once in two years
2. DOWRY and BRIDE PRICE- dowry are the properties taken by the wife to her husband's house,while bride price is the money paid by the husband to his in-laws
3. CURRENT and VOLTAGE- current is the flow of electricity through metallic conductor while voltage is the degree of light produced.(dont say "...low current,but rather low voltage.)
4. GALLOPS and POTHOLES- gallop means the movement of a horse at fastest speed while pothole means the hole in the surface of a road
5. CORNER and BEND- corner is a place covered and impossible to move ahead,while bend leads to another path.(dont say "the road is full of corners but bends"wink
6. ARGUED and HAGGLED- argued means an opposite opinion while Haggled is used for price.("i haggled[not argued] the price.
.... To be continued.
Re: Words And Group Of Words Which We Give Wrong Meanings by viyon02: 6:52pm On Aug 08, 2016
quite educative

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