2021-01-04 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Sail – sale -sell

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2021-01-04

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Sail – sale -sell

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Sail & sale = ‘SEYL’

ออกเสียง  sell = ‘SEL’

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

sail

= a piece of canvas or other fabric extended on rigging to catch the wind

and propel a sailing vessel;

= an apparatus that catches the wind on a windmill;

to move along or travel over water

Not to be confused with:

sale = the act of selling;

= the amount sold; disposal of goods at reduced prices;

= an event where goods are sold; a public auction

sell

= to transfer goods or render servicesin exchange for money: sell the car

Not to be confused with:

cell = a small room as in a convent or prison;

= basic structural unit of all organisms: a one-celled animal

Farlex Trivia Dictionary.

sail

= Once meant specifically "to travel on a ship with sails,"

and, later, "to travel on any ship";

= figuratively, it means "to go through effortlessly,"

as in, "to sail through the exam."

See also related terms for sails.

Dictionary.com

ORIGIN OF SELL

First recorded before 900; Middle English sellen,

Old English sellan, originally, “to give,”

hence, “to give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money”;

cognate with Old Norse selja, Low German sellen, Gothic saljan “to give up, sell,” originally, “to cause to take”; akin to Greek heleîn “to take, grasp”

Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary

Sail – sale - sell

These simple and familiar words are surprisingly often confused in writing.

You sail a boat which has a sail of canvas.

You sell your old fondue pot ata yard sale.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Noun

sail 1a (of a schooner): 1 flying jib, 2 jib, 3 forestaysail, 4 foresail, 5 fore gaff-topsail, 6 main-topmast staysail, 7 mainsail, 8 main gaff-topsail

In the meaning defined above