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Lesson 71
Usage: respectfully to whom
respectfully
,
respectively
Respectfully means “with respect.” Respectively means “in the
order named.”
George respectfully thanked his music teacher for attending his recital.
The drawing and painting classes are offered on Monday and Wednesday respectively.
says
,
said
Says is the third-person singular form of the verb say. Said is the past tense
of say.
My brother always says he’ll help.
Yesterday, he said he’d walk the dog.
sit
,
set
Sit means “to place oneself in a sitting position.” Set usually means “to place” or
“to put,” and it generally takes an object.
You may sit anywhere but on the stairs.
We set the dirty dishes on the counter.
than
,
then
Than is a conjunction. Then is an adverb.
Jamie is now taller than her mother.
She was much shorter then.
this here
,
that there
Avoid using here and there after this and that.
Please file these folders in that cabinet.
who
,
whom
Use who for the subjective case. Use whom for the objective case.
Who will greet the guests?
To whom should I address the invitation?
 Exercise 1
Substitute the correct word or words for the one in italics, and write it in the blank.
Write C if the sentence is correct.
said
Andy says he’d paint the porch last weekend.
1. This here chair is broken.
2. At seven-thirty, Roberto and Toni left for school and work respectively.
3. The vet asked me to sit the kitten on the table.
4. Camille always said she’ll clean up when she’s finished cooking.
5. Abraham Lincoln slept in this here bed.
6. Who do you think I should call about the broken window?
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7. Corey’s new swimming instructor is none other then my best friend.
8. Yesterday she says she couldn’t make it to the game because her car
broke down.
9. I think I like the blue sofa better then the green one.
10. My aunt was in the army then.
11. Please set here until I call your name.
12. Turn left down that there street.
13. I work on Saturday morning; than I relax in the afternoon.
14. That dog does nothing but set on the porch all day.
15. The reporter greeted the senator respectively.
16. Did you find out whom brought this great pasta salad?
17. Ice and steam are, respectively, a solid and a gas.
18. The author’s new book is longer then her first one.
19. Please sit your glass on a coaster.
20. We lowered our voices respectively.
21. This morning Martina says she wants to drive to the lake.
22. This here is yesterday’s newspaper.
23. Who did you invite to the party?