4/14/2023 0 Comments Passed vs past![]() Well that first one made sense but the second one, not so much. I purchased my own snacks from the supermarket and purchased them into the movie theatre.That doesn’t make sense, therefore it brought tears to your eyes. Seeing that animal video on Facebook purchased tears to my eyes.Unless you picked it up and relocated it, then nope, you bought a house.īetter still, can you replace the word with purchased? Purchased means the same thing as bought, so if you can swap the word with purchased, bought it is! If you can’t, well then you must mean brought! I’m going to bring my new puppy into work for everyone to see = I brought my new puppy into work for everyone to see. I’m going to buy Christmas presents for my kids = I bought Christmas presents for my kids. Yes it’s that easy! If you ever get confused, just ask yourself, did you buy something, or did you bring something? I bought a pie from the pie shop.īrought: This is the past tense of ‘to bring’, e.g. Let’s break it down:īought: This is the past tense of ‘to buy’, e.g. Out of all the words that frequently get confused, I would say this takes first place, although Loose and Lose comes pretty close I reckon. The carpenter was loosening the screws but no loosing. There’s loosening which is the opposite of tightening, e.g. In fact, there is no such word as loosing. Now that we know that loose and lose are two different words, the same can be said about looser and loser. There is, however, no past tense of loose there is only loose, looser and loosest. Lose is pronounced like Blues, Clues, and Muse.Īnother thing to note is that the past tense of lose is lost: Loose is pronounced like Moose, or Noose, or Truce. Once again, pronunciation is key with this one: I want Brisbane to lose against the Hawks. To recap: Because Tom wasn’t feeling well after being dumped via text message, his doctor advised him to stay at home and rest. No, you advised him to come to the party. Think of these two words if ever you get confused! □ Advise – has an S – just like the word visor, and is pronounced as such.Advice – has a C – just like the word vice, and is pronounced as such.Advice is pronounced like ice on the end of it, whereas Advise has an eyes at the end. With these two, take note of the different pronunciation. Jill was ill advised when her friend Sharon told her to break up with her boyfriend via text message.I wouldn’t advise taking the lift during the fire drill.If you want my advice, you shouldn’t have broken up with him via text message.Īdvise is a verb and refers to the action of giving advice:.While these two words stem from the same word, they are definitely not interchangeable.Īdvice is a noun and refers to a recommendation of a course of action to a situation: How many times has someone wanted you to take their advise? The correct word here is advice. Welcome to blog post number two! In this edition, we’re going to explore some important, commonly confused words that are forever tripping us up on social media.
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