RATIFY AND RECTIFY. WHAT A HECK!
WORDS OF THE WEEK
HELLO,
Its been a while since I checked in here. please forgive my sabbatical, as I had to take out some time to attend to my study. Obviously a taxing task, however, every venture to better improve one's mental capabilities should be embraced with ''no pain, no gain'' as the theme . Enough said already LOL, shall we?
Recently, I had a experience that left me energized to continue doing what I do - continue to put out information and tips on how we can all improve the quality of our spoken English. Remember, for those who English is their L2, the task has never been more taxing. But the good thing is, you're not alone on this journey. With one-step-at-a-time, we all can get there.
So, I found two words that caught my fancy this past weeks, they are RECTIFY and RATIFY. Both Words may seem the same, sound the same , and even can be used interchangeably by the inexperienced English Speakers. But the fact is, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME, and therefore cant be used to replace each other.
Lets now dissect the both words, starting from;
RATIFY /
To sign or give formal consent, approval to, a Treaty, a Contract, or an agreement. Thereby making such document legally valid. So, you can either ratify a treaty or reject it.
1. the contract has been sent to Dennis, awaiting ratification.
2. The discussion and resolution we reached at the summit was not properly captured in the final documentation, therefore, I reject it, in its entirety.
RECTIFY /
To put right or correctly. You can rectify an issue with a customer, rectify an electrical challenge with the transformer, etc.
1. Carefully input your correct signature. mistakes made now can not be rectified later.
2. Can you please rectify the issue with the two student.
Now that the meaning of those two is clarified, lets shift our gaze to how they are pronounced. Starting again from the first, RATIFY. PRONOUNCED AS / rah-ti-fai/. See the image below for the correct phonetic transcription.
Next is the Word RECTIFY. pronounced as /rek-ti-fai/. See the image below for the correct phonetic transcription
Going forward, I trust using these two words can no longer be a taxing task, you can now them both like a pro.
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