Tham khảo tài liệu 'những từ dễ nhầm lẫn trong tiếng anh 10', tài liệu phổ thông, tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | SHAN T shan t This contraction for shall not would at one time have been punctuated with two apostrophes to indicate where letters have been omitted sha n t . Use just one apostrophe nowadays shan t . See CONTRACTIONS. sheaf singular sheaves plural See PLURALS v . shear or sheer SHEAR is a verb a doing word and means to cut off. SHEER is an adjective and means very thin SHEER material almost perpendicular a SHEER cliff or whole-hearted SHEER delight . sheikh also sheik shaikh shaykh - but these are less usual spellings shelf singular shelves plural See PLURALS v . sheriff not -rr- shining or shinning shine ing shining shin ing shinning See ADDING ENDINGS i and ii . shoe These are the tricky tenses of the verb to shoe The blacksmith SHOES the horse. He is SHOEING the horse now. He SHOD the horse last week. He has SHOD the horse regularly. should or would Should and would follow the pattern of shall and will . 184 SHYLY I should work you singular would work he she it would work we should work you plural would work they would work The correct construction often needed in a formal letter is I SHOULD be grateful if you WOULD send me. In the sense of ought to use should in all cases I know I SHOULD apologise. You SHOULD write to your parents. She SHOULD understand if you explain. He SHOULD understand. We SHOULD repair the shed. You all SHOULD work harder. They SHOULD resign. shouldn t note the position of the apostrophe should of This is an incorrect construction. See COULD OF. shriek not shreik See EI IE SPELLING RULE. shy shyer shyest Follows the -y rule. See ADDING ENDINGS iii . shyly exception to the -y rule See ADDING ENDINGS Hi . 185 SHYNESS shyness exception to the -y rule See ADDING ENDINGS iii . siege not -ei See EI IE SPELLING RULE. sieve See EI IE SPELLING RULE. sieze Wrong spelling. See SEIZE. sight See CITE SIGHT OR SITE . silent -e Also known as magic -e and mute -e. See ADDING ENDINGS ii . silhouette silicon or silicone SILICON element used in electronics
