Been having a bad sore throat and popping lozenges.
Emigrate or Immigrate
You immigrate to a place, you emigrate from a place;
e.g: Zach is planning to immigrate to Canada from Great Britain
Zach is planing to emigrate from Great Britain to Canada
Ancestor or Decendant
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Albus Dumbledore said that Lord Voldemort was “the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin,” which is wrong. Luckily it was corrected later.The real word to use would be 'the last remaining descendant of Salazar Slytherin'. Lord Voldemort great-great grandparents would be his ancestor, he is their descendant.
Breath or Breathe
Breathe is the verb and breath is the noun.
You take a deep breath when you feel you need to breathe.
Kindergarten or Kindergarden
Believe it or not, the Germans were correct, the standard English for it would be the German spelling 'Kindergarten'.
Mischievous or Mischievious
The extra I is a michievous addition. The correct spelling is mischievous.
Please RSVP or Please Reply
Stop feeling like a French and just write 'please reply'. RSVP is short for French Répondez s’il vous plaît (reply please). There is no need to add extra please in the word if you are planning to use it and no, it's not short for reservation. It just a polite way of asking your guests to answer whether they are coming or not. So guest..please answer it.
Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes through their pockets-Eddy Peters
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