Last week’s post talked about some confusing words/word pairs/abbreviations beginning with the letter e. And here is the (fun) quiz:
1.) My grandparents (emigrated/immigrated) from Italy to the United States in 1915.
2.) (Everyone/Every one) is coming to my party tomorrow night.
3.) The (earth/Earth) revolves around the sun.
4.) I love science fiction writers, (e.g.,/i.e.,) Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke, and Frank Herbert.
5.) Do you exercise (everyday/every day)?
6.) His entire family is (exceedingly/excessively) tall.
7.) Many children are quite (anxious/eager) to return to school after being home for so long and will be delighted to see their friends again.
8.) Whenever I go out into the sunshine, my mood is (affected/effected) positively.
9.) The students were all very kind to (each other/eachother/one another) in the kindergarten class.
8.) My favorite class was the one where we got to cook and sew, (e.g./i.e.), home economics.
9.) Her cousin is serving a long jail sentence for (elicit/illicit) activities during his 20s.
10.) Carbs like rice, potatoes, pasta (, etc., / , etc./ etc.,) are my favorite things to eat.
11.) She tries to impress me by (alluding/eluding) to famous people she has met.
12.) The dark sky indicates to me that a storm is (eminent/imminent).
13.) (Both of them are/Each of them is) taking a separate flight from one another.
14.) I will see how things go, but I might (emigrate, immigrate) to Canada soon.
15.) I love (everyone/every one) of you.
16.) I am wearing (everyday/ every day) clothes to the luncheon.
17.) The (eminent/imminent) scientist is working on a Covid vaccine.
18.) This salsa is (exceedingly/excessively) spicy.
19.) Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, (earth/Earth), the sun, and the moon are all heavenly bodies.
20.) The criminal has (alluded/eluded/ illuded) the police for many months.
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1.) My grandparents (emigrated/immigrated) from Italy to the United States in 1915.
2.) (Everyone/Every one) is coming to my party tomorrow night.
3.) The (earth/Earth) revolves around the sun. (But it isn’t terrible if you uppercase it)
4.) I love science fiction writers, (e.g.,/i.e.,) Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke, and Frank Herbert. (for example)
5.) Do you exercise (everyday/every day)?
6.) His entire family is (exceedingly/excessively) tall.
7.) Many children are quite (anxious/eager) to return to school after being home for so long and will be delighted to see their friends again.
8.) Whenever I go out into the sunshine, my mood is (affected/effected) positively.
9.) The students were all very kind to (each other/eachother/one another) in the kindergarten class. (Either is OK; you might want to use one another because it generally refers to more than two.)
8.) My favorite class was the one where we got to cook and sew, (e.g./i.e.), home economics. (that is: cooking and sewing= home economics class.)
9.) Her cousin is serving a long jail sentence for (elicit/illicit) activities during his 20s.
10.) Carbs like rice, potatoes, pasta (, etc., / , etc./ etc.,) are my favorite things to eat. (Set off with two commas)
11.) She tries to impress me by (alluding/eluding) to famous people she has met.
12.) The dark sky indicates to me that a storm is (eminent/imminent).
13.) (Both of them are/Each of them is) taking a separate flight from one another. (Both would mean together.)
14.) I will see how things go, but I might (emigrate, immigrate) to Canada soon.
15.) I love (everyone/every one) of you.
16.) I am wearing (everyday/ every day) clothes to the luncheon.
17.) The (eminent/imminent) scientist is working on a Covid vaccine.
18.) This salsa is (exceedingly/excessively) spicy. (Either one, but meaning different things: very spicy or spicier than it has to be.)
19.) Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, (earth/Earth), the sun, and the moon are all heavenly bodies.
20.) The criminal has (alluded/eluded/ illuded) the police for many months.
I always thought Earth was the planet and earth was the soil in which potatoes were planted,
That is also true, and it is probably the way most people do it. However, I learned the rule about it being capped only when referred to with other planets. Further research required!
I was a bit thrown by the title because although you pronounce ‘E’ as ‘easy’ we Britons pronounce it as ‘Ezed’!
My old English teacher would have thrown a fit at the “Each of them is) taking a separate flight from one another” and taken a very heavy blue pencil to the “from one another.”
“It’s tautology boy. You only need to say it twice if you’re talking to an idiot or a schoolboy … which generally amounts to the same thing!”