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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

disorderly conduct

If someone has done something embarrasing in public like he peed on the street, can I call the behavior "disorderly conduct"?
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New2grammarembarrasing
embarrassing (typo?)
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No. I got it wrong. But do they sound the same to you?

EM BAR RAS ING
EM BAR RASS ING
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New2grammarNo. I got it wrong. But do they sound the same to you?

EM BAR RAS ING
EM BAR RASS ING

Yes, they sound the same, but some words have letters repeated, for example, 'millennium','occurrence' and 'assassination'. I classify them as 'greedy words'. But 'harass' has one 'r'. Even if you spell it with two r's, the reader who is un
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Thank you so much, Yoong Liat. Now I know the term to describe the words that I always have problems with. But I still need to correct the spelling mistakes.
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I've heard it said that the word with the most (different) doubled letters, with three, is "bookkeeping". I'm not sure that's true, though.
CJ
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Yes, they sound the same, but some words have letters repeated, for example, 'millennium','occurrence' and 'assassination'. I classify them as 'greedy words'. But 'harass' has one 'r'. Even if you spell it with two r's, the reader who is unaware that it is spelled wrongly will not pronounced pronounce it idifferently. differently.
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