Tham khảo tài liệu 'correct english 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | BORROW OR LEND biweekly This word has two conflicting meanings and is perhaps best avoided. It can mean both every two weeks . fortnightly and also twice a week. Compare BIMONTHLY. bizarre not -zz- blond or blonde BLOND is used to describe men s hair. BLOND is used to describe women s hair. A BLONDE is a woman. board or bored A BOARD is a piece of wood also a committee or similar group of people. To BOARD means to get on train etc. and also to pay for living in someone s house and having food provided. BORED means uninterested. boarder or border A BOARDER is a person who pays to live in someone s house. A BORDER is the edge or boundary of something. boisterous not boistrous although often mispronounced as two syllables boney bony Both spellings are correct although the second spelling is more commonly used. border See BOARDER OR BORDER . bored See BOARD OR BORED . bored by bored with not bored of born or borne Use these exemplar sentences as a guide Dickens was BORN in Portsmouth. She has BORNE five children. He has BORNE a heavy burden of guilt all his life. borrow or lend May I BORROW your pen use your pen temporarily Please LEND me your pen. pass it to me and allow me to use it 27 BOTH. AND both. and Take care with the positioning of each half of this paired construction. Each must introduce grammatically similar things He is BOTH clever AND hardworking. not He both is clever and hardworking He BOTH paints AND sculpts. He bought BOTH the gardening tools AND the DIY kit. Notice however the ambiguity in the last example. It could mean that there were just two gardening tools and he bought both of them. In the case of possible confusion always replace He bought the gardening tools and also the DIY kit. He bought the two gardening tools and also the DIY kit. He bought both of the gardening tools and also the DIY kit. bought or brought BOUGHT is the past tense of to buy. She BOUGHT eggs bacon and bread. BROUGHT is the past tense of to bring. They BROUGHT their .
