英文用法之C篇

讀音:
cafe,mosque vs synagogue 
-mosque 讀/mɒsk/, synagogue讀/ˈsɪn.ə.ɡɒɡ/

compliment, complement 
-兩者意思不同,但都有名詞和動詞之分,讀音有少少唔同,名詞讀/ˈkɒm.plɪ.mənt/, 動詞讀/ˈkɒmpləment

confidant vs confident
-confidant是知心友, 讀/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dænt/, 有少少不同confident的讀法

counsel, council
-兩者都讀/ˈkaʊn.səl/ 

詞彙:
call to
-如說我大聲呼喊他,很多人會說I call him, 但也可以i call to him, 反而i call him比較似「我打電話給他」

in that case, in which case
-in that case不難用,但有時也可in which case, 便不用full-stop句子,例如: He did not finish his homework, in which case he will be punished.

sb is certain that vs sth/sb is certain/sure to vs sb is certain of 
-我肯定會落雨,可以是I am certain that it will rain, 或It will be certain to rain

a chance/ a good chance/ little chance/ no chance/the chance/by chance
-chance是可數名詞亦是不可數名詞殅, 可以說There is a good chance of finding her (可數). 也可以是There is little chance of finding her. 

got it cheap/ played it cheaply
-cheap如果指買賣, 可以作副詞用, 例如I got the pair of shoes cheap in the mall. 

the chemist/the chemist's/ drugstore/ pharmacy 
-都是解藥房

select vs choose-
-select比choose正式

clothes vs clothing
-前者是plural noun, 後者是uncountable

cool vs cold
-cold比cool寒冷

collaborate vs cooperate vs co-operate
-其實三者無分別

comic vs comical vs funny
-三者接近無分別

consult, consult with
-兩者也可用

make breakfast vs prepare breakfast 
-前者較生活化,後者較正式

client vs customer
-client是客人,但不是買東西的客人

文法:
that也是that's subordinating conjunction 
-留意 that也是subordinating conjunction, 所以I know that he is gay, that是連接詞

finite clause vs non finite clause
-finite 是有時態的,non-finite沒有時態,例如-ing clause, Knowing that the exam is coming

complement (adjectives as subject complements vs object complements ), noun as object complement 
-有些動詞後接形谷詞作補語, 例如I am kind, am是linking verb,另外一種動詞不是linking verb, 例如: He died young. 

complete有比較級嗎？
-complete 若解完整,可有比較級,若解十分, 沒有比解級.

yet，then是conjunction嗎？
-yet是,then不是