They’re not the most common or high-frequency words in English, but they’re worth knowing (especially mitigate), so here is a on the use of the verbs militate and mitigate. This is a full-page document with a reading of two sentences and ten modified cloze exercises.
This material, as I expect you’re tired of reading, but in the case of Paul Brians’ and his book Common Errors in English Usage (to which, I am always astonished to report, he allows free access at his Washington State University web page), I like to give credit where it is always due. All of the materials under the header above (i.e. Common Errors in English Usage) come from Professor Brians’s book.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
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