Tham khảo tài liệu 'lỗi sai trong tiếng anh5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | AGEING OR AGING The ferries were cancelled owing to ADVERSE weather conditions. unfavourable She is not AVERSE to publicity. opposed advertisement advertise ment See ADDING ENDINGS ii . advice or advise My ADVICE is to forget all about it. noun recommendation What would you ADVISE me to do verb recommend adviser or advisor Adviser is the traditionally correct British spelling. Advisor is more common in American English. advisory not -ery aerial Use the same spelling for the noun a television AERIAL and the adjective an AERIAL photograph . affect or effect Use these exemplar sentences as a guide Heavy drinking will AFFECT your liver verb The EFFECT on her health was immediate noun The new manager plans to EFFECT sweeping changes verb to bring about afraid not affraid ageing or aging Both spellings are correct but many would prefer ageing as it keeps the identity of the base word age more easily recognised. See ADDING ENDINGS ii . 9 AGGRAVATE aggravate Strictly speaking aggravate means to make worse. His rudeness AGGRAVATED an already explosive situation. It is however widely used in the sense of to irritate or to annoy. Be aware that some authorities would regard this second usage as incorrect. aggressive not agr- agree to agree with The choice of preposition alters the meaning of the verb I AGREED TO do what he advised. I AGREED TO all the conditions. I AGREED WITH all they said. See PREPOSITIONS. agreeable not agreable agreement For grammatical agreement see SINGULAR OR PLURAL . agressive Wrong spelling. See AGGRESSIVE. alga singular algae plural See FOREIGN PLURALS. allege not -dge alley or ally An ALLEY is a little lane. An ALLY is a friend. alley singular alleys plural ally singular allies plural See PLURALS iii . 10 ALL TOGETHER OR ALTOGETHER all most or almost There is a difference in meaning. Use these exemplar sentences as a guide They were ALL everyone MOST kind. The child was ALMOST nearly asleep. allowed or aloud There is a difference in meaning. Use .
