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English Confusable Words 07
English Confusable Words 07
ENGLISH CONFUSABLE WORDS – 07 are talking about what you did last Wednesday and you say that you met someone two
after all, at last, finally, in the end, lastly, last of all days before,
You use after all when you are mentioning an additional pointwhich confirms or you mean that you met them last Monday.
supports what you have just said, - She said that, about six months before, she had gone to see an aunt
- Thẹy did not expect heavy losses in the air; after all, they had superb aircraft. who lived in Stoneyvale.
- They didn’t bother to tie me up. After all, there werefour, five, six of them there, - …a woman he had first met twenty minutes before.
mostly with handguns. You use for to say how long a period lasts in the past, present, or future. If you say
You also use after all to say that something is the case or may be the case in spite of that you have been doing something for two days, you mean that you have spent the last
what had previously been thought. two days doing it all the time or part of the time.
- Could it be true, after all, that money dùi not bring happiness? - She sat down and remained absolutely still for nearly half an hour.
- Perhaps it isn’t such a bad village after all. - He had disappeared for three weeks after that.
Yoa do not use ‘after all’ to talk about what happens at the end of a long period. You - I will ruin us for several years.
use at last, finally, in the end, or last of all. You also use for to say how much time passes without something happening. If you
You use at last or finally to say that something happens after you have been waiting are speaking on Friday and you say that you have not done something for two days, you
for it or expecting it for a long time. You can use at last at the end of a sentence. mean that the last time you did it was on Wednesday.
- The storm that had threatened for so long broke at last. - Ỉ hadn't seen him for four years.
Finally usually comes either at the beginning of a sentence or in front of a verb. - He couldn't bring himself to eat their food, and he hadn’t eaten for days.
- After another search on the map they finally located it. You use since to say when a period started. If you are speaking on Friday and you say
You also use finally to talk about an act or result that is last in a series of things. that you have been doing something since Wednesday, you mean that you have spent
- Gorky lived in turn in Turkey, France, Norway, and finally Mexico. the last two days doing it.
- Let’s come finally to the question ofpensions. - She had been a manager of Fairacre School since the reign of King Edward the
You use in the end when you are talking about a situation that comes about after a long Seventh.
time or after a long process. - She has been working with the group since it began.
- Perhaps the police got him in the end, ’ Sam said. - Brazil is to have itsfirst civilian president since the military regime was set up
- The performance was quite a success in the end. 17years ago.
- In the end, Peter seemed quite happy and so did I. You also use since to say either when the last time was that something happened, or
You use lastly to talk about the last of a series of people or things. how much time passes without something happening. If you are speaking on Friday and
- Then I went through the bathroom and lastly the bed-sitting room. you say that you have not done something since Wednesday, or that it is two days since
- Lastly he jabbed the knife hard into the trunk ofthe tree. you did something, you mean that the last time you did that thing was on Wednesday.
You use last of all to emphasize that there is nobody or nothing else after the person or - Probably she hadn't touchedfood since breakfast.
thing you mention. - It was a shamefully long time since either she or Tusker had been to church.
- In rapid succession hisfriends’ faces appear and disappear; last of all he sees Lewis
Seidel’s maddening smile. alive, living, lively
Someone who is alive has not died and their Hfe continues. You use alive after a link
- Last of all came the cat.
verb like ‘be’, or occasionally after a noun.
ago, before, for, since You do not use ‘alive’ in front of a noun.
You use ago to connect a time in the past with the moment of speaking. If you are - She didn’t say whether he was still alive.
speaking on Friday and you say that something happened two days ago, you mean that - I am the happiest man alive.
it happened on Wednesday. A living person, animal, or plant has life and is different from someone who is dead or
- The land was acquired by the University two years ago. something that does not have life.
- I discovered afew days ago that Weiss was Houdini's real name. - ...or see living artists at their work.
- Baboons, even the smaller living species, are veryformidable creatures.