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[wptabcontent]431  Bring for Take.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: The astronauts are bringing plants to the  moon.
Say: The astronauts are taking plants to the moon.
Using bring or take depends on where the speaker or doer is. We use bring for things coming
 to where we are and take for things going somewhere else: Take these cakes to your
 grandmother and bring (back) some  flowers from  her  garden.
Note: To fetch means to go somewhere else and come back with something:
Please fetch me a glass of water (= go and come back with a glass of water). [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]432  Drown  for  Sink.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: The ship drowned in the ocean.
Say: The ship sank in the ocean.

To be drowned refers to living things, and means to die in water, to sink
refers to people or things, and means to go down to the bottom of water. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]433 See  for  Look.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Neil was seeing out  of the window.
Say: Neil was looking out of the window.

To see is to notice with the eyes, but to look is to direct the
 eyes in order to see: I looked up and saw the plane. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]434  Hear  for  Listen.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: I was hearing her CDs.
Say: I was listening to her CDs.

To listen to may also mean to think carefully about what someone say:
Gerry always listens to his mother. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]435  Remember  for. Remind.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Please remember me to give it back.
Say: Please remind me to give it back.

To remember is to have in mind: I remember what you told me. 
To remind is to make a person remember something.
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[wptabcontent]436  Leave  for Let go.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Leave the other end of the string.
Say: Let go of the  other end  of the string.

Leave isn't usually used in the sense of let go but you will hear the idiom
leave go in very informal English to mean let go. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]437  Sleep for Go to Bed.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: I'll  sleep early tonight.
Say: I'll go to bed early tonight.
To go to bed denotes the act of lying down on a bed in preparation for going to sleep.
 We can say that a person went to bed at nine o'clock, but that he didn't sleep until
 eleven o'clock. Then he slept soundly Go to sleep means to fall asleep
  He went to sleep while he was in the cinema.
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[wptabcontent]438  Be found for  Be.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: The man was found in his office.
Say: The man was in his office.
In English, the verb be found generally means be discovered: Diamonds are found in Africa
 and in India. Therefore, He was found in his office would suggest that the man
 had hidden himself in his office and was later discovered. [/wptabcontent]

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439  Be  with  for  Have.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: My English book is with my brother.
Say:  My  brother  has  my  English  book.

Avoid using be with in the sense of have. Be with means to be
 together or in company of: He is with his parents.
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[wptabcontent]440  Take for Get.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Clare took a good mark in  chemistry.
Say: Clare got a good mark in chemistry.
To take means to obtain something intentionally or by force: I took a book from the library,
 The army took the city. To get or to receive means to obtain something which is given 
such as a gift, a letter, money, or a mark in an exam.
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[wptabcontent]441  Like for Want, etc.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Do you like to see my collection?
Say: Do you want to see my collection?
Do you like to do something? means do you enjoy doing it as a habitual action  Do you
 want to do something? means do you wish to do it now.
Note: I would/'d like means I want: I would/'d like (= I want) to play tennis today.
  Would you like (= do you want) to go for a walk with me? Would/'d like is more polite than want. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]442  Know for Learn, etc.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Dan went to  school to  know English.
Say: Dan went to school to learn English.

Use know when learning is finished: She knows how to swim.
 Similarly, avoid using know to mean find out or realise.
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[wptabcontent]443 Read  for  Study.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Lucy is  reading algebra in her room.
Say: Lucy is studying algebra in her room.
To study means to try to learn, to read doesn't imply any effort. A student
studies English, maths, history and other subjects, he/she reads a story, 
a letter, or a newspaper. She is reading for a degree is also correct. [/wptabcontent]

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444  Learn  for  Study.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Kevin is learning at Gordon College.
Say: Kevin is studying at Gordon College.

The expression I learn at (Gordon College, etc.) is incorrect. Say I study at
(Gordon College, etc.) or I am a student at (Gordon College, etc.).
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445  Take for Buy.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: I went to the baker's to take bread.
Say: I went to the baker's to buy bread.

Never use take in the sense of buy. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]446  Take  out for  Take off.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say:  Chris took out his  hat and  coat.
Say:  Chris took off his hat  and coat.

The opposite of put on is take off, and not take out.
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[wptabcontent]447 Leave for Give up, etc.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say:  I've now left football.
Say: I've now given up football.
Or: I've now stopped playing football.

Never use leave in the meaning of give up, or stop something. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]448 Sympathise  for  Like.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: I don't sympathise him very much.
Say: I don't like him very much.

Sympathise isn't synonymous with like. To sympathise with means to share some
 feeling (usually of sorrow) with another person: I sympathise with you in your sorrow.
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[wptabcontent]449 Put for Keep.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Do you put your money in the bank?
Say: Do you keep your money in the bank?

It's better to use keep for a more or less permanent 
resting place, and put for a temporary one. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]450  Care about,  Care for for Take care of.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: Oliver cares about (cares for) his brother's investments.
Say: Oliver takes care of his brother's investments.
Care about means to like and be concerned about something or someone. Take care of means
 to look after someone or something: You should take care of your children, or do
 something to remedy a problem: I think I should take care of that broken pane of glass.
 Care for means to look after: I cared for you when you were ill. Care for can also mean 
to be fond of someone or something: William really cares for geraniums, though this use is rather
old-fashioned.
Note: Avoid also such expressions as: (1) He doesn't care for my advice, (2) He doesn't
 care for his work, (3) He took no care of him, (4) No one cared for him during his illness Say :
 (1) He pays no attention to my advice, (2) He takes no care over his work,
 (3) He took no notice of him, (4) No one took care of him during his illness. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]451  Let for Make (= to force).[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: The examiner let me sit quietly until everyone  had  finished.
Say: The examiner made me sit quietly until everyone had  finished.
Don't use let  in the sense of make, meaning to force.
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[wptabcontent]452  Flown  for  Flowed.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: The river has flown over its banks.
Say: The river has flowed over its banks .
Flown is the past participle of fly, the past participle of flow (= to move as water) 
is flowed. The principal parts of the two verbs are: fly, flew, flown - flow, flowed, flowed.
Note: Flee, fled, fled is formal but we still use it to mean to run away We flee from 
danger Float, floated, floated means to stay on the surface of water or
 other liquid: Ships float on the water. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]453  Fall for Fell.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say: John fall down  and broke his leg.
Say: John fell down and broke his leg.

The past tense of this verb is fell, not fall. It's principal parts are: fall, fell, fallen.
Note: Fell, felled, felled means to knock or cut down: The wood-cutter felled
a large tree [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]454  Found for Find.[/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent] Don't say:  Rosie  tried  to  found her lost book,
Say: Rosie tried to find her lost book.
To find is a very common verb meaning to get back a thing lost.
 It's principal parts: find, found, found.
Note: There is, however, another verb to found, meaning to establish:
He founded the school fifty years ago.
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