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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Choose/chose. Choose is PRESENT TENSE You choose to take a Tylenol right now. Chose is PAST TENSE You chose tequila last night. . Cite/Site/Sight. Cite – to quote, summon, commend or call. Cite the author in an endnote.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary

  2. Choose/chose • Choose is PRESENT TENSE • You choose to take a Tylenol right now. • Chose is PAST TENSE • You chose tequila last night.

  3. Cite/Site/Sight • Cite – to quote, summon, commend or call. Citethe author in an endnote. • Site – location, area, computer website, or to place something in an areaYou visit a Web siteor the site of the crime. • Sight – the act of seeing, a view, a glimpse/ observation, to look in a direction. You sightyour beloved running toward you in slow motion on the beach (a sight for sore eyes!).

  4. Complement/Compliment • compliment: nice things said about someone • "She paid me the compliment of admiring the way I shined my shoes.” • complement- matching or completing. • Alice’s love for entertaining and Mike’s love for washing dishes complement each other. • the full number of something needed to make it complete: “My computer has a full complement of video-editing programs.” If it is preceded by “full” the word you want is almost certainly “complement.” • If you’re “making nice” you might be “Li”ing (compliment)

  5. Conscience/Conscious • Conscious – aware, having mental faculties, known. • If you are awake, you are conscious. • Although it is possible to speak of your “conscious mind,” you can’t use “conscious” all by itself to mean “consciousness.” • Conscience – inner sense of right and wrong. • Your conscience makes you feel guilty when you do bad things. “Science” makes you feel guilty!

  6. Council/Counsel • Council– an assembly, a body of people • I went to the city council meeting. It was boring. • Counsel– advice, to give advice • I could counsel you not to speak to him anymore. • You go to visit a COUNSELOR for help, and a city has a council.

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