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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Amend v emend; avoid v evade; admission v admittance; consequent v consequential; continual v continous

Hi,

I am reading a book about commonly confused words and I am afraid I still do not understand the difference between these:

amend v emend

avoid v evade

Are to avoid answering a question and to evade answering a question different in meaning?

admission v admittance

consequent v consequential (when it is not to mean significant)

continual v continuous

Thanks in advance for your help Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

"emend" is not a common word. It's usually used about text. 99 times out of 100, "amend" is the word to use.

— Mr Wordy

  • "emend" is not a common word.
  • It's usually used about text.
  • 99 times out of 100, "amend" is the word to use.
  • "evade" has a stronger sense of deception or of escaping from something.
  • "evade answering the question" is not natural to me.
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"emend" is not a common word. It's usually used about text. 99 times out of 100, "amend" is the word to use.

"evade" has a stronger sense of deception or of escaping from something. "evade answering the question" is not natural to me. I would say "evade the question". "avoid answering the question" is fine.

"admission" vs "admittance" ... can't think of much to say about this ex
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About the difference between admission v.s. admittance: I found an interesting note, look at the usage note:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/admission
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