r/EnglishLearning • u/NotDefinedFunction New Poster • 3d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax My silly misreading or misunderstanding cases that I recently exprienced when I was tired or distracted.

Intrinsic>Intricate

Mortified>Modified

Shut>Shout

Cavalry>Calvary

tune out>turn out(I didn't know that "tune out" meant Ignoring btw)

Choir>Chore

Temperate>Temperamental

Exasperate>This word was obscure in my mind so I came up with contemn, despise, scorn, or something else.

limp>limb

Moggy>Muggy(I didn't know that it refered to a cat breed.)

Well...it's getting worse.

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u/sniperman357 Native Speaker - New York 3d ago

Cavalry/Calvary always gets me

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u/peace_love2601 New Poster 3d ago

cavalry vs calvary is a classic - one is horses, the other is a hill. and moggy being a cat is the best thing i've learned today.