[Jill Malcolm]

1. I am having sewage/sewerage put into my property as soon as I can raise the money.
2. My ophthalmologist/optometrist will operate on the cataract in my left eye.
3. The Cambodians endured great sufferance/suffering during the war.
4. I am not so ingenious/ingenuous as to believe all he said.
5. We should speak respectively/respectfully to our parents.
6. He didn’t put it in writing, but I had his oral/verbal approval.
7. The year has a luxuriant /luxurious growth of weeds.
8. This is the most historic/historical building in town.
9. I can’t stand your continual/continuous interruptions.

[Srujana Samala]

1. I am having sewerage put into my property as soon as I can raise the money.
2. My ophthalmologist will operate on the cataract in my left eye.
3. The Cambodians endured great suffering during the war.
4. I am not so ingenuous as to believe all he said.
5. We should speak respectfully to our parents.
6. He didn’t put it in writing, but I had his verbal approval.
7. The year has a luxuriant growth of weeds.
8. This is the most historic building in  town.
9. I can’t stand your continuous interruptions.

[Jill Malcolm]

Great work Srujana –  eight out of 9 which is more than most people get.

The only hiccup is  no 9

It should be continual because of the context. Continuous  is without pause or interruption.  Continual is happening repeatedly, usually in an in an annoying way.

Thanks for replying,

Jill

[Srujana Samala]

That was a good exercise and learning. Thanks Jill!

Look forward to more of these exercises.