لقاءنا مع اخطاء شائعة جديدة وهذه المرة مع حرف ال " c "
1- classic vs classical
classical تعني الاشياء من الحضارات الرومانية والاغريقية القديمة.
بينما classic نستخدمها لوصف اشياء بارزة او مميزة بين مجموعتها .
Classical” usually describes things from ancient Greece or Rome, or things from analogous ancient periods like classical Sanskrit poetry. The exception is classical music, which in the narrow sense is late 18th and 19th-century music by the likes of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, and in the broader sense formal concert music of any period in the West or traditional formal music from other cultures, like classical ragas.
“Classic” has a much looser meaning, describing things that are outstanding exampls of their kind, like a classic car
2- complement vs compliment
الكلمة الاولى complement تعني مُكمل للشيء. بينما compliment تعني الشكر والثناء.
Complements supplement each other, each adding something the others lack. A compliment is an expression of regard , a pleasing word or act.
3- criteria or criterion
There are several words with Latin or Greek roots whose plural forms ending in A are constantly mistaken for singular ones. For instance, data and media. You can have one criterion or many criteria.
4- cut and paste vs copy and paste
cut and paste” is a familiar phrase, many people say it when they mean “copy and paste” in a computer context. This can lead to disastrous results if followed literally by an inexpert person. If you mean to tell someone to duplicate something rather than move it, say "copy.” And when you are moving bits of computer information from one place to another the safest sequence is often to copy the original, paste the copy elsewhere, and only then delete (cut) the original.
Common errors in English
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