When used as a verb they both have the same general meaning of "to move upwards", the main difference is that rise is an intransitive verb (it does not take an object), while raise is a transitive verb (it requires an object):
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Natural Instinct
Redundant : Instincts are natural!
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Around vs about
Colloquial : The mail usually comes around noon ( Avoid using around to designate time, distance, or any other quantity, as in around 3 hours, ... )
Standard : The mail usually comes at about noon
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So
The use of "so" as synonym for "therefore" is extremely informal
Colloquial : Nikita thought that Maria was hungry, so he brought her ...
Standard : Because Nikita thought Maria was hungry, .....
Colloquial : The problem is so hard
Standard : The problem is very hard
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Altogether vs All Together
‘Altogether’ means ‘as a whole,’ and ‘all together’ means ‘everyone together’
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Everyday vs Every day
Every day: here every is a determiner and day is a noun. When you say every day you mean each day without exception. Everyday is an adjective.When you say everyday you mean ordinary, unremarkable.
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Free gift
Redundant : Gifts, by definition, are free ; otherwise they wouldn't be gifts
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Badly - as used as a substitute for "very much"
Do not use. For example:
Colloquial : The twins badly want tickets to the concert
Standard : The twins desperately want tickets to the concert
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Out loud
Say aloud instead
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Among vs Between
Among is used to compare more than two persons or things where between is used to compare two persons or things.
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Lay vs lie
“Lay” is a transitive verb. It requires a direct subject and one or more objects. “Lie” is an intransitive verb. It needs no object.
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Common Problem with graduate.
What is leaving the preposition "from" out.
"I graduated from high school."
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when/where
Avoid using these words in definitions. They make for awkward and grammatically illogical sentences
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Plenty
use only when talking about actually mass or size, not for very. e.g. It must have been plenty cold because the pipes froze
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amount vs number
‘amount’ is for uncountable things while ‘number’ is for countable things
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Which and That-
“That” is a restrictive pronoun. It’s vital to the noun to which it’s referring. Which” introduces a relative clause. It allows qualifiers that may not be essential.
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Good vs Well
Good is an adjective while well is an adverb answering the question how.
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who’s vs whose
Whose is the possessive form of who (or, occasionally, which). It means "belonging to whom or which."
Who's is a contraction of who is or who has. Notice the apostrophe replacing the missing letters.
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anxious vs eager
To be anxious is to be fearful. To be eager is to be desirous.
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much vs many
much is used to measure an abstract thing (like hate) while many is for countable things (like books)
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Old Fashion
Say Old Fashioned instead
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less vs fewer
‘less’ is for an uncountable thing while ‘fewer’ is for countable objects
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Farther vs Further
‘Farther’ is for expressing distance while ‘further’ is for advancing an idea (Further more...)
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Comparatives vs. Superlatives (More vs. Most)
Comparatives are used to contrast two objects while superlatives contrast three or more objects
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affect, effect
‘affect’ is a verb which means ‘to influence.’ ‘effect’ can be a noun which means ‘the change that happened’ or it can be a verb which would mean ‘to bring about’