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__hopefully __** Opinion is divided about the acceptability of attaching this adverb loosely to a sentence and using it to mean "I hope": "Hopefully, the plane will arrive on schedule." This usage is gaining acceptance, but there is still strong objection to it. In college writing the safe decision is to avoid it.  Nonstandard: Carl dove in the water.  Standard: Carl dove into the water.  Nonstandard: I drove the car in the garage.  Standard: I drove the car into the garage.  Both inside of and outside of are appropriate when inside or outside is a noun followed by an of phrase: "The inside of the house is attractive"; "He painted the outside of his boat dark green."  Not accepted: I feel like Susan Anderson does about consumers' rights.  Better: I feel as Susan Anderson does about consumers' rights. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">Not accepted: Ralph looked like he had seen a ghost. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">Better: Ralph looked as if he had seen a ghost. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">Nonstandard: Most everyone attended the game. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">Standard: Almost everyone attended the game. || Type in the content of your page here.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/edit_nopermission.png height="37" caption="Protected"]]**COMMON USAGE PROBLEM 3
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">imply, infer __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Imply means to suggest something. Infer means to derive a certain meaning from a remark or an action. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">in, into __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> In means "inside something." Into tells of motion from the outside to the inside of something. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">inside of, outside __**__<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> **of** __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Inside of and outside of generally should not be used as compound prepositions. In place of the compound prepositions in "The display is inside of the auditorium" and "The pickets were waiting outside of the gate," write "Inside the auditorium" and "outside the gate." Inside of is acceptable in most formal writing when it means "in less than": "I'll be there inside of an hour." The more formal term is within. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">irregardless __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> A nonstandard variant of regardless. Do not use it. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">lead, led, lead __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Lead (pronounced leed) means to go first ("You lead because you know the way"). Led is the past tense of lead ("He led us five miles out of the way"). Lead is a heavy metal; also the graphite in a pencil ("The books are as heavy as lead"). <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">lie, lay __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> **Lie** means to recline. Lay means to put or place something. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">like, as, as if __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> While the use of like as a conjunction is common in speaking, its use as a conjunction is not fully established in writing. Like is better used as a preposition. <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">loose, lose __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Loose means to be free, not close together ("He has two loose front teeth"). To lose means to suffer loss ("Do not lose your tickets"). <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">moral, morale __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Moral means good ("We admire a moral person"); it is also a lesson on conduct ("The moral of the story. . . "). Morale is a mental condition, spirit ("The team's morale was low?"). <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">
 * __<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">most, almost __**<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"> Almost is an adverb meaning "nearly." Most is an adjective meaning "the greater part." <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;">