Usage of the words.

[kiwi man]

Hello there,


I'm a newbie here. Even though I learn to speak English for quite sometime, I'm still struggle with certain unfimilair words.

- Catapulted:
1. My grades were catapulted to all "A" after I studied really hard.

2. After I got fed up with the way my parents treated me, my anger and frustation were catapulted to the point where I got physically sick.

- delve:
1. When I was assigned for a research paper, I knew that I had to delve myself into textbooks, Internet, and other necessary resources.

- relentless
1. I was relentless in looking and searching for upcoming summer sales online.

2. Because Lisa continued to do good work on her job without realizing that her aggressive attidude was offensive, she was a relentless worker.( I really want to know if I'm correct on this one because I once I heard somebody IN THE ACTION MOVIE said "she was relentless." I have no idea what it means!)

- eLABORATE

1. When my sister asks me to look after her new born baby, I know that I would be able to do the job elaborately.

2. I want to make sure that I receive good grade for my paper, so I had done elaborate research and writing for it.

- ferocious

1. After the earthquake, there was a sign of ferocious tsunami.

2. Because of my boss was satisfied with my team work, it made the situation ferocious

- **-wise
Are there such things as educational-wise, seasonal-wise, or religious-wise. If so, how do you use them? Are there any others(other)?

Thanks!

[Gillnetter]

Hello there,


I'm a newbie here. Even though I learn to speak English for quite sometime, I'm still struggle with certain unfimilair words.

- Catapulted:
1. My grades were catapulted to all "A" after I studied really hard.
My grades catapulted to all A's after I had studied really hard.
The sentence does make sense but "catapulted" is not a good choice here
2. After I got fed up with the way my parents treated me, my anger and frustation were catapulted to the point where I got physically sick.

- delve:
1. When I was assigned for a research paper, I knew that I had to delve myself into textbooks, Internet, and other necessary resources.

- relentless
1. I was relentless in looking and searching for upcoming summer sales online. (Looking and searching seem to be the same.)

2. Because Lisa continued to do good work on her job without realizing that her aggressive attidude was offensive, she was a relentless worker.( I really want to know if I'm correct on this one because I once I heard somebody IN THE ACTION MOVIE said "she was relentless." I have no idea what it means!) Relentless means to stay with a project, to not quit. To say that she was a relentless worker is to say that she worked very hard at her job.

- eLABORATE

1. When my sister asks me to look after her new born baby, I know that I would be able to do the job elaborately. No.

2. I want to make sure that I receive good grade for my paper, so I had done elaborate research and writing for it. OK, in the sense that you had spent much time on the research and writing and that there were few, if any, errors in the research or writing.

- ferocious

1. After the earthquake, there was a sign of ferocious tsunami. OK.

2. Because of my boss was satisfied with my team work, it made the situation ferocious No. The opposite should have happened. Ferocious refers to anger or great energy - there was a fercious tiger in the forest.

- **-wise
Are there such things as educational-wise, seasonal-wise, or religious-wise. If so, how do you use them? Are there any others(other)?
These questions should be in a new thread.
Thanks!

Gil

[kiwi man]

Gil

MAY GOD BLESS YOU!

THe reason that I want to know how to use these words is because I want to be more knowledgable and get fancy with my English skills. I feel that I need to sharpen my vocaburary skills.

I have questions though. I'd like to know why these are not correct.

- When my sister asks me to look after her new born baby, I know that I would be able to do the job elaborately.
If elaborate means taking something with care, why it is not correct to say that I want to do the job of taking my sister baby or my nepshew in that matter with care?

- Because of my boss was satisfied with my team work, it made the situation ferocious
if I subsitute satisfy with unsatisfied, would that make the sentense work?

Thanks again!

[Gillnetter]

MAY GOD BLESS YOU!
THe reason that I want to know how to use these words is because I want to be more knowledgable and get fancy with my English skills. I feel that I need to sharpen my vocaburary skills.

I have questions though. I'd like to know why these are not correct.

- When my sister asks me to look after her new born baby, I know that I would be able to do the job elaborately.
If elaborate means taking something with care, why it is not correct to say that I want to do the job of taking my sister baby or my nepshew in that matter with care? Elaborate means something that is planned or put into use with great attention to the parts or details. You may be very elaborate is building a house or in writing a novel.

- Because of my boss was satisfied with my team work, it made the situation ferocious
if I subsitute satisfy with unsatisfied, would that make the sentense work?
You could say that the team members became ferocious but it is an extreme use of the word. Ferocious usually refers to a great degree of emotion or energy.
Thanks again!

Gil