may be considered sentimental, echoing the lines of Edgar A. Guest ("It takes a heap
v'livin' in a house t' make it home).
Sentiment or not, one usually speaks of "buying home" and "selling a house".
But firemen put out a fire in a
house, not a
home, and reference is always made to a
house and let; not a
home and let. Conversely, one usually refers to a
home for the
aged, not a
house for the aged. Since
home and
house are so subtly different in use,
why not sometimes resort to
Residence and
Dwelling and save confusion ? (Harry
Show. Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions, 1975).
Exercise 2.
Define the stylistic colouring of the underlined words, substitute them with a
neutral synonym from the list given below.
1. Their discourse was interrupted. 2. He was dressed like a toff. 3. She passed
away. 4. The old man kicked the bucket. 5. Where is Daddy ? 6. Come on, let's put on
steam. 7. Meet my better half. 8. He must have gone off his rodder. 9. Come down to
brass tacks. 10. Jack took his departure. 11. Well, let's drift. 12. Somebody has nailed
my bag. 13. This is a case for a vet 14. He is a joiner.
A doctor, to steal, to go, to leave, to go on, please, to put out, come to the point, to go
out of one's mind, a wife, a father, to die, to talk, a gentleman, good company.
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