Friday, June 13, 2008

VA--continues[4]--Idioms

Major Idioms you should be pretty familiar with:
1)a debate over
2)a lot
3)a responsibility to
4)a result of
5)a sequence of
6)acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong)
7)accompanied by....
adapted for
9)Adverb twice cannot be an object of proposition ‘by’. ‘Increase by twice’ is incorrect; ‘doubled’ is correct
10)affect to..
11)agree with
12)Aid in (Aid for is incorrect)
13)Allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect)
14)Allocated to is the correct idiom
15)alternative to....
16)as a result of...
17)as an instance of
1as good as...or better than
19)as great as
20)as much as
21)Associate X with Y
22)assume ...to be of...
23)At least as strong as(At least as great as)
24)Attempt to ‘do something’ (Attempt at doing is incorrect).
25)attend to (someone)
26)attribute X to Y/X is attributed to Y
27)based on
2believe X to be Y
29)Believed to have
30)benefit from...
31)better served by X than Y ..
32)between X and Y
33)Both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect) Both at X and at Y is correct. Both on X or on Y is correct.
34)Business ethics - Is a singular word
35)call...to consider...
36)centers on
37)Combined X with Y OR Combined X and Y (Both are correct)
3Compensate for
39)Concerned for - worried; concerned with - related/affiliated
40)conform to
41)Consider X to be Y (a little controversial)
42)contrary to...
43)created with
44)Credit X Rupees to Y’s account (When money is involved)
45)Credit X with discovering Y (Credit with doing something)
46)decline in....
47)defined as
4depends on whether
49)depicted as
50)Descendent of (Descendent for is incorrect)
51)Different from one another (Different one from the other is wrong)
52)Distinguish between X and Y (2 very different items, distinguished, say red and green colors)
53)Distinguish between X and Y (Distinguish X from Y is incorrect)
54)Distinguish X from Y (Two pretty similar items, say original paintings from fake ones)
55)doubt that
56)either...or
57)enable to
5entrusted with...
59)Estimated to be (Estimated at is incorrect)
60)expected that X would be Y ...
61)expected X to be Y ...
62)extent to ...
63)fascinated by
64)for jobs..
65)for over...XXX years...
66)forbid X to do Y identical with
67)forcing ...to...
6From X to Y (Grow from 2 million to 3 billion) (From X up to Y is wrong)
69)Given credit for being ones - who
70)had better(do)
71)In an attempt to (gain control)
72)in contrast to
73)independent from
74)indifferent towards
75)Intent on
76)interaction of ...
77)Just as - So too
7May be (This is a word) is idiomatic, maybe (This means perhaps) is not idiomatic
79)Mistake X for Y
80)modeled after
81)more than ever
82)more X than Y ...
83)more...than / less...than
84)more...than ever...
85)must have (done)
86)Native of (Native to is also used in some cases)
87)Neither - Nor should have parallel forms associated to it.
8no less....than
89)No sooner than
90)Not in a flash but in a
91)not only...but also
92)Not so much to X as to Y
93)not X ...but rather Y ..
94)noted that ..
95)one attributes X (an effect) to Y (a cause)
96)One X for every ZZ( some numeric number) Y's ...
97)Persuaded X to do Y
9Plead guilty for failing
99)Potential for causing
100)potential to

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