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3. Never give unless you are asked.

4. Please me of your arrival time.

Affect vs. Effect
affect (verb) effect (noun)
to change or influence something Something that happens due to a cause. When you
affect something, it produces an effect.
When you affect something, it produces an effect.
The storm knocked down power lines and affected We can determine the disaster’s effect by considering
thousands of people in rural communities. the economic activity that might be lost.

Practice 17C: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of affect or effect.

1. The students will be by the rain if they cannot hear the teacher teach.
2. The teacher had a positive on his students.

3. We can others around us by our attitudes, whether good or bad.
4. The student’s final exam had a profound on his final grade.

Bring vs. Take

bring take
motion towards the speaker or writer motion away from the speaker or writer
Remember the phrase “take it away” when deciding whether to use bring or take. This trick should help you
remember that take is the better verb when someone is carrying something away from you.
Bring the newspaper inside. Take the hamburgers out to the patio.

Practice 17D: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of bring or take.
1. You can this book with you because I finished reading it.
2. When you come to my home tonight, please me back my tools.

3. Don’t walk home; it’s raining. Let me you there.
4. When she left I think she my jacket by mistake.

5. The shirt I bought is too small. I will have to it back.

LESS vs. FEWER
fewer Less
Use fewer with items that can be counted. Use less with a quantity of substance (cannot be
counted).
There are fewer cookies on that plate. This class requires less instruction than last year’s
class.

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