Monday, October 1, 2007

purvey / ago

WORD OF THE DAY:

purvey

To advertise or circulate.

The Government has taken a massive plan to purvey the status of women in the country.

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WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: I have seen her in the lawn about ten minutes ago.

CORRECT: I saw her in the lawn about ten minutes ago.

GRAMMAR: With ago phrases, we use the past tense. (NOT the present perfect)

"English Word & Grammar" is an initiative taken by me to enrich our English in the word and in the grammar front.

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