troublesome words I have to deal with.

  •  
  • 473
  • 3
  • 1
  • English 
Feb 24, 2013 02:20
troublesome words I have to deal with.

Problems which I'm now dealing with are the words which have very similar spelling with others like the way "fertile" and
"futile" are. I thouht they were quite similar each other in meaning because to me they seemed to be similar in spelling when I saw them first time. They are different, or rather nearly opposite though as opposed to my guess. What a pain!
Learn English, Spanish, and other languages for free with the HiNative app
Tricia
Feb 24, 2013 03:06
  • Problems which I'm now dealing with are the words which have very similar spelling with others like the way "fertile" and

  • Problems which I'm now dealing with are the words which have very similar spelling to others like "fertile" and " futile."

 
  • "futile" are.

  • I did the correction in the previous sentence.

 
  • I thouht they were quite similar each other in meaning because to me they seemed to be similar in spelling when I saw them first time.

  • I thought they were quite similar to each other in meaning because to me they seemed to be similar in spelling when I saw them the first time.

    You could also say : I thought they were quite similar in meaning because because the spelling seemed similar when I first saw them.

 
  • They are different, or rather nearly opposite though as opposed to my guess.

  • However, contrary to what I thought, they have different meanings.

    You could also say : However, the words have different meanings, so my initial impression was wrong.

 
  • What a pain!

  • What a pain! This is correct !

 

I sympathise with you ! It's really hard learning a language isn't it ! I find the same problems with Japanese !

Thank you for your correction!

 
Feb 24, 2013 10:12 tetsu3k14
  • I take your suggestions. Those are not only informative but also comprehensible. Thank you Tricia!
green
Feb 24, 2013 03:27

i have the same problem. i try and make up little phrases to help remember them.
e.g 'infertile seeds are futile'

 
Feb 24, 2013 10:22 tetsu3k14
  • What a nice reverse thinking! It helps!
    Thank you!
x

Report this entry

Spam entry

troublesome words I have to deal with. Problems which I'm now dealing with are the words which have very similar spelling with others like the way "fertile" and "futile" are. I thouht they were quite similar each other in meaning because to me they seemed to be similar in spelling when I saw them


Author

tetsu3k14


Reporter

0

Close Send