Thursday, November 22, 2007

complacent, discuss

WORD OF THE DAY:

com·pla·cent
–adjective

pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

The voters are too complacent to change the government.


GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: Cabinet ministers discussed about the recent developments taking place in Nandigram.

Correct: Cabinet ministers discussed the recent developments taking place in Nandigram.

GRAMMAR: The verb "discuss" do not take a preposition "about".

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