Tham khảo tài liệu 'knowledge vocabulary 3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | file C Temp livres commonerrors errors LIGHTED LIT Don t fret over the difference between these two words they re interchangeable. LIKE Since the 1950s when it was especially associated with hipsters like as a sort of meaningless verbal hiccup has been common in speech. The earliest uses had a sort of sense to them in which like introduced feelings or perceptions which were then specified When I learned my poem had been rejected I was like devastated. However like quickly migrated elsewhere in sentences I was like just going down the road when like I saw this cop like hiding behind the billboard. This habit has spread throughout American society affecting people of all ages. Those who have the irritating like habit are usually unaware of it even if they use it once or twice in every sentence but if your job involves much speaking with others it s a habit worth breaking. Recently young people have extended its uses by using like to introduce thoughts and speeches When he tells me his car broke down on the way to my party I m like I know you were with Cheryl because she told me so. To be reacted to as a grown-up avoid this pattern. See also goes. LIKE AS IF As if is generally preferred in formal writing over like in sentences such as the conductor looks as if he s ready to begin the symphony. But in colloquial speech like prevails and when recording expressions such as he spends money like it s going out of style it would be artificial to substitute as if. And in expressions where the verb is implied rather than expressed like is standard rather than as she took to gymnastics like a duck to water. LIKE FOR LIKE I would like you to remember that saying I d like for you to take out the garbage is not formal English. The for is unnecessary. LIQUOR Although it may be pronounced likker you shouldn t spell it that way and it s important to remember to include the U when writing the word. LISTSERV LISTSERV is the brand name of one kind of electronic mail-handling
