{"id":7854,"date":"2014-07-05T00:10:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T00:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testpreparations.com\/help\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:25:28","slug":"review-of-nonstandard-english-idiom-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2014\/07\/05\/review-of-nonstandard-english-idiom-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Nonstandard English: Idiom Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview:\u00a0 What Do the SAT and ACT Test in English Grammar?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The SAT and ACT test for formal, academic, standard English, which is not necessarily the same way that students speak or write.\u00a0 Many errors are especially insidious because the correct form and the incorrect form are very close.\u00a0 However, some idiom errors involve words that actually mean the opposite from each other.<\/p>\n

What Is the Proper Form of the Verb?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The verb form doesn’t<\/strong> is used with third-person singular subjects, such as in the sentence “He doesn’t want to take the test this month.”\u00a0 The verb form don’t<\/strong> is used with all other subjects, but never when the subject is in the third person singular.\u00a0 Similarly, the verbs done<\/strong> and seen<\/strong> are used with helping verbs, such as had, has, or have, never alone.\u00a0 When gone<\/strong> is used as a verb, it is also used with a helping verb.\u00a0 However, the verb went<\/strong> is the past tense of to go, and is not used with a helping verb.<\/p>\n

What about Lie and Lay?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Correct usage of the verbs lie<\/strong> and lay<\/strong> depend on what is doing the action.\u00a0 The verb lie, with parts lying, lay, and lain, means “to recline.”\u00a0 It is not followed by a direct object, but often by an adverb or adverb phrase, telling just where someone or something is reclining.\u00a0 The verb lay<\/strong>, with parts laying, laid, and laid, means “to put (something) down.”\u00a0 It is followed by a direct object, such as “Lay the plates on the table.”\u00a0 The verbs set<\/strong> and sit<\/strong> follow similar patterns, as sit is never followed by a direct object, but set is.<\/p>\n

What about Homonyms?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Homonyms can be especially troublesome, as they are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.\u00a0 For example, their<\/strong> is a possessive pronoun, such as “their books,” there<\/strong> is an adverb referring to place, and they’re<\/strong> is a contraction of they are.\u00a0 The word too<\/strong> means the same as also, two<\/strong> is a number, and to<\/strong> is a preposition.<\/p>\n

What Word Pairs Mean the Opposite of Each Other?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The words take<\/strong> and bring<\/strong> are not synonyms.\u00a0 Bring means to carry from a distant place to a nearer one, while take means from a near place to a distant place.\u00a0 Similarly, learn<\/strong> and teach<\/strong> are not synonyms.\u00a0 To learn is to get knowledge, while to teach is to give knowledge.<\/p>\n

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