Tham khảo tài liệu 'about the ged writting exam 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | USAGE Likewise be sure to avoid double negatives. When a negative word such as no or not is added to a statement that is already negative a double negative and potential confusion results. Hardly and barely are also negative words. Remember one negative is all you need. Incorrect He doesn t have no idea what she s talking about. Correct He doesn t have any idea what she s talking about. He has no idea what she s talking about. Incorrect I can t hardly wait to see you. Correct I can hardly wait to see you. I can t wait to see you. Prepositional Idioms Another aspect of usage that may be covered on the GED is prepositional idioms the specific word preposition combinations that we use in the English language such as take care of and according to. The following is a list of some of the most common prepositional idioms. Review the list carefully to be sure you are using prepositional idioms correctly. according to concerned with in accordance with regard to afraid of congratulate on incapable of related to anxious about conscious of in conflict rely on upon apologize to someone consist of inferior to respect for apologize for something depend on upon insist on upon responsible for approve of equal to in the habit of satisfied with ashamed of except for in the near future similar to aware of fond of interested in sorry for blame someone for something from now on knowledge of suspicious of bored with from time to time next to take care of capable of frown on upon of the opinion thank someone for something compete with full of on top of tired of complain about glance at something glance through something . a book opposite of with regard to composed of grateful to someone prior to concentrate on grateful for something proud of 60 CHAPTER 8k Mechanics WHEN DO you need a comma When should you use a dash or semicolon How do you know when something should be capitalized These questions and more will be answered in this chapter. You will review the basic rules of mechanics so
