rise/raise?
Rise and its gang Here we have some verbs, rise and its gang , which are not only similar in form but also, to make matters worse, in meaning. First have a look at the three following pairs, for in pairs they come, and then (below) a more expanded definition and examples of all of them. The Pairs 1. raise-rise: these two are often mistaken even by advanced students. They may share part of their meanings, but none of their syntax: My salary never rises (No object intransitive verb) but They never raise my salary (Object transitive verb). 2. rise-arise: another nut hard to crack. Although these two may sound (and look) similar, rise refers to more physical things while arise refers to something that is not physical (problem) or did not exist till the moment of reference (mist). 3. rouse-arouse: like rise-arise , these two differ just in an “a”, but that makes the difference. Again, like in the former pair, without t