independent [adjective]:
free from outside control
{Common misspelling: independant}
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Grammar Bomb: AUGER vs AUGUR
The good attitude of the team augurs their success.
The carpenter uses the auger to finish the homemade chair.
auger {noun} [THINK: tool for boring holes in wood]
augur {verb & noun} [THINK: foresee or predict]
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WordHit: Inoculate [verb]
Grammar Bomb: CANVAS vs CANVASS
“We canvassed the campers,
and they all agree that
the canvas tents are the best.”
canvas {noun & verb} [THINK: coarse unbleached cloth]
canvass {verb & noun} [THINK: solicit votes; discuss thoroughly]
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WordHit: Indispensable [adjective]
indispensable [adjective]: absolutely necessary
{Common misspelling: indispensible}
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Grammar Bomb: CREAK vs CREEK
The hammock, tied to the tree near the creek,
has an old-rope creak to it.
creak {verb & noun} [THINK: high-pitched sound]
creek {noun} [THINK: narrow waterway]
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WordHit: Imitate [verb]
imitate [verb]:
take or follow as a model:
{Common misspelling: immitate}
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Grammar Bomb: ALLUSION vs ILLUSION
“The magician’s power is in the illusion of magic,
and in the host’s allusion to his own previous successes.”
allusion {noun} [THINK: expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it]
illusion {noun} [THINK: likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses]
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WordHit: Ignorance [noun]
ignorance [noun]:
lack of knowledge or information
{Common misspelling: ignorence}
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Grammar Bomb: ASSISTANCE vs ASSISTANTS
The two assistants ran downstairs,
searching for their leader to offer him their assistance.
assistance {noun} [THINK: provision of something to help someone]
assistants {noun} [THINK: person who ranks below a senior person]
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