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John Aki Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Grammar advise please?

Hi,

Could you advise me, do you guys actually using these words in daily conversation?


The police have tried to apprehend the killer. (Arrest)

I am a little apprehensive about it. (Worried)

I feel a little apprehension before starting a new job. (Worry)


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I don't use them often, but I wouldn't consider any of them to be particularly unusual, and I might use any of them if the need arose. I'd say I'm probably less likely to use apprehend than the others. " Advise is the verb, and advice is the noun.

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  • I don't use them often, but I wouldn't consider any of them to be particularly unusual, and I might use any of them if the need arose.
  • I'd say I'm probably less likely to use apprehend than the others.
  • " Advise is the verb, and advice is the noun.
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I don't use them often, but I wouldn't consider any of them to be particularly unusual, and I might use any of them if the need arose. I'd say I'm probably less likely to use apprehend than the others.

"Grammar advice please?" Advise is the verb, and advice is the noun.

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Many of the words surrounding crime and punishment have become popularized by television. This is one of them. Everybody knows "apprehend", but we use it only self-consciously for "arrest", feeling it to be a "big" word. This familiarity and hesitancy slops over into the "worry" aspect of the word. The definition regarding understanding is of much higher register, and I have to suppose that mo

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