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#GrammarTip // Contronyms are contradictions and the English language is full of them! Make sure that you're using the word in the correct context so no one is confused about what you're trying to say! For example, the word "splice" can mean to join and it can also mean to separate. Can you come up with any #contronyms of your own? List them below! 👇📚 #themoreyouknow

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#GrammarTip // Nope! Those are not the same words! Loath(adj) means that someone is unwilling or reluctant. Loathe(v) means to hate or dislike someone or something intensely. Some examples of each are listed below! 👇 . . I loathe the way that he chews with his mouth open. 😝😒 . I was loath to bunjee jump from the airplane yesterday due to my fear of heights. 🛩🛩 . Can you think of your own examples? Drop them in the comments below!🤓📚#themoreyouknow

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#GrammarTip// These two words are often used interchangeably and they shouldn't be! Comprise means to consist of or contain. Compose(v) means to constitute or make up a whole or simply to combine. An easy way to remember the distinction is that if you're using "comprise" then the whole comes before the parts. If you're using "compose" then the parts come before the whole. #themoreyouknow 🤓 . . #Examples // The United States of America comprises 50 glorious states. 💫 . 50 states compose the United States of America.🗽 . #WritersChallenge Can you find other ways to use these two words? Tell us below! 👇

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#GrammarTip // Principal (n) is a chief or head of a school. It's also used as an adjective to mean highest in rank or importance. 📘 . . . Principle (n) means moral, legal rule or standard. A good way to remember the difference between the two is that the your principal hopes to be your "pal" at school 💡 #themoreyouknow Sent via @planoly #planoly

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#GrammarTip // Generally, "farther" is used with physical distance and "further" is used when speaking about distance figuratively. For example: . . . 💥The blue car is farther away from my house than the red car. (The blue car is a much farther physical distance than the red car) . . 💥If Cameron complains about his job any further, then I will be very annoyed with him. (Here, further is describing how much more complaining will be taken before you are annoyed with Cameron) . . Although those are rather easy examples, they should give you an idea of how both words should be used. There are instances where each word can be used interchangeably, but that depends on certain situations and rules. Generally, you will not be wrong in using either word in those ambiguous situations. #themoreyouknow 📚🤓

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#GrammarTip // You're probably thinking, "Wow! Those two words sound a lot alike!" If you are thinking that, then you're right. They do! Although these words sound similar, they mean two different things which are generally negative in connotation. Complacent (adj) means that someone is satisfied with their current condition and has no desire to change it. Complaisant (adj), on the other hand, means that a person is agreeable or makes themselves that way to go along with others; i.e., they do whatever anyone asks of them. #themoreyouknow 📚🤓 . . . #WritingChallenge Use the two words from above in a short story about whatever topic you please. Send it to us so that we can edit it! www.thenoirpencil.com

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Or will it be "All Right"? 🤔 // (📸 via Tumblr) .... Did you know that alright is technically not a word? Crazy right? You've probably been saying it your entire life (We have too 😣) and now we find out that everything is a lie. 😲 Although it has been socially (Not by English Teachers!) accepted as the one word way to write the phrase "all right" in informal writing, you should take care to use the phrase "all right" when you're writing formally. If not, you can look forward to us putting a big red line through your edited work...at least until it's deemed acceptable in the #grammar world! 🤓📚 .... #GrammarTip // A great way to remember that alright is not a word is the phrase, "Alright is not okay." You probably have heard of this during your school days but it never hurts to take a trip back every once in awhile. 😉