Due to the fact thatUse because.effect, affect Effect means result (noun) or to bring about (verb). Affect means to influence. employed Use used instead. encounter Encounter means to meet unexpectedly, to come face to face with hostile forces. Encounter is a favorite verb of authors who prefer longer, more impressive-sounding word than meet or find. etc. Means and so forth and should be used at the end of a list that makes clearexactly what kinds of other things are implied. Not correct when used at the end of a list introduced by such as or for example. fact Actual fact and true fact are redundant expressions. All facts are true and actual. farther, further Use farther when distance is implied, further when referring to time or quantity. graph A graph (noun) is a drawing that exhibits a relationship. Use plotted (verb) when you mean to locate points or figures on a graph. HavingIt is better to use with. hopefully Means with hope. Incorrectly used in “Hopefully, we can leave tomorrow.” Correct use would be, “‘We should be able to leave tomorrow,’ he said hopefully.” if, whether If implies uncertainty, whether implies an alternative. imply, infer Something suggested or indicated is implied;something deduced from evidence is inferred. A writer implies and a reader infers. independent of (not from).
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