Tham khảo tài liệu 'wrong in english 7', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | DIRECT SPEECH considered acceptable forms. My tastes are DIFFERENT FROM yours. My tastes are DIFFERENT TO yours. Conservative users would however much prefer the preposition from and this is widely used in formal contexts. Different than is acceptable in American English but is not yet fully acceptable in British English. difficult not differcult not difficalt dilapidated not delapidated dilemma This word is often used loosely to mean a problem . Strictly speaking it means a difficult choice between two possibilities. dinghy or dingy A DINGHY is a boat plural - dinghies . See PLURALS Hi . DINGY means dull and drab. dingo singular dingoes or dingos plural dining or dinning dine ing dining as in dining room din ing dinning noise dinning in ears See ADDING ENDINGS i and ii . diphtheria not diptheria as it is often mispronounced diphthong not dipthong as it is often mispronounced direct speech See INVERTED COMMAS. 69 DISAGREEABLE disagreeable dis agree able disappear dis appear disappearance not -ence disappoint dis appoint disapprove dis approve disassociate or dissociate Both are correct but the second is more widely used and approved. disaster disastrous not disasterous as it is often mispronounced disc or disk Use disc except when referring to computer disks. disciple not disiple discipline discover or invent You DISCOVER something that has been there all the time unknown to you . a star . You INVENT something if you create it for the first time . a time machine . discreet or discrete You are DISCREET if you can keep secrets and behave diplomatically. Subject areas are DISCRETE if they are quite separate and unrelated. 70 DISINTERESTED OR UNINTERESTED discrepancy singular discrepancies plural discribe Wrong spelling. See DESCRIBE. discribtion Wrong spelling. See DESCRIPTION. discription Wrong spelling. See DESCRIPTION. discuss discussed discussing discussion disease diseased See DECEASED OR DISEASED . dishevelled disintegrate not disintergrate disinterested .
