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• 09 February 2010

  BILL and FARE

  Both words mean "to pay for a service"

  BILL is the word used to refer to payment in a restaurant:

  "Excuse me, waiter, the meal was excellent. May I have the bill please."

   

  FARE is the word used to refer to payment for a transport service:

  "The air fare from Barcelona to London is actually cheaper than the train fare"

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 01:08h 0 comment

  tags: bill,fare

• 08 February 2010

  WHY and BECAUSE

  WHY asks a question:

  Why did he steal the money?

  BECAUSE answers that question:

  Because his family were hungry

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 18:59h 0 comment

  tags: why,because

• 04 February 2010

  SENSIBLE and SENSITIVE

  If you are SENSIBLE you have a lot of common sense:

  "It's better that we don't use our car today, it's extremely windy and it could be dangerous", John said.

  It's clear that John is a sensible guy.

   

  If you are SENSITIVE you often worry about what other people say and think about you:

  "Don't ask Mary her age and don't tell her she looks much older than her sister." John said

  It's clear that John thinks that Mary is a sensitive person.

     

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 23:07h 2 comments

  tags: sensible,sensitive

• 03 February 2010

  BRING, TAKE and FETCH

  BRING means:

  to come from a place with something in your hand or on your person, eg.

  I often bring my work home with me

  BRING means:

  to go to a place with something in your hand or on your person, eg.

  I take a sandwich to work everyday

  FETCH means:

  to go to a place without a certain object or other item, to get it and then

  to return to the original place with the object or item in question, eg.

  Every Sunday, he goes to the kiosk to fetch the newspapers

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 23:57h 0 comment

  tags: bring,take,fetch

• 29 January 2010

  BESIDE vs BESIDES

  BESIDE means next to:

  France is beside Germany

  Our summer house is beside the sea 

  BESIDES means apart from:

  Besides coffee and croissants, we also have cornflakes for breakfast

  There are three more people in the group besides me

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  sent by Dermot McGrath at 22:40h 0 comment

  tags: beside,besides