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Common Mistakes and Confusing Words

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Antara11:
Great job dear Swapan . Carry on with your effort.

Antara Basak
Lecturer
Dept of English

Bhowmik:
Antara Madam,

Thank you.

Bhowmik:
altogether vs all together    

All together(adv) means "together in a single group."

For example: The waiter asked if we were all together.

Altogether(adv) means "completely" or "in total ".

For example: She wrote less and less often, and eventually she stopped altogether.

Bhowmik:
any vs some    

Any and some are both determiners. They are used to talk about indefinite quantities or numbers, when the exact quantity or number is not important. As a general rule we use some for positive statements, and any for questions and negative statements,

For example:-

I asked the barman if he could get me some sparkling water. I said, "Excuse me, have you got any sparkling water?" Unfortunately they didn't have any.

!Note - You will sometimes see some in questions and any in positive statements. When making an offer, or a request, in order to encourage the person we are speaking to to say "Yes", you can use some in a question:

For example: Would you mind fetching some gummy bears while you're at the shops?

You can also use any in a positive statement if it comes after a word whose meaning is negative or limiting:

For example:-
A. She gave me some bad advice.
B. Really? She rarely gives any bad advice

MOST OFTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we use some for positive declarative sentence and any for negative declarative or positive interrogative sentence.

shadeed:
sir, please tell me about -  all right vs alright

Dept. of TE(L1T1)

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