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Dreamed or Dreamt – What’s the Past Tense of Dream?
Dreamed is the preferred form, but dreamt is a widely accepted variant.
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Speak to
It is widely used to mean show, demonstrate, express, relate to, address, or speak about. These sense are new.
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Invaluable vs. Valuable – What’s the Difference?
Valuable: of considerable value. Invaluable: can’t be valued in monetary terms.
Hail vs. hale
Hail = (1) precipitation in the form of spherical ice pellets; (2) to salute or greet; (3) to call out in order to catch attention; (4) to come or originate from. Hale = free from infirmity or illness.
Impinge vs. infringe
Impinge: 1. collide or strike; 2. encroach (on or upon). Infringe: 1. violate or break; 2. encroach (on or upon).
Abided vs. abode
Abode is the traditional past tense of abive, but abided is the preferred form in 21st-century English.
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Accord vs. accordance
To be in accord is to be in agreement. To be in accordance is to be in compliance.