assess

“Assess” is a transitive verb; it needs an object. You can assess your team’s chances of winning the bowl game; but you cannot assess that they are playing better than last year. “Assess” is not an all-purpose synonym of “judge” or “estimate.” Most of the time if you write “assess that” you are making a mistake. The errors arise when “that” is being used as a conjunction. Exceptions arise when “that” is a pronoun or adverb: “How do you asssess that?” “I assess that team’s chances as good.”

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• flys vs flies
• all for not vs all for naught
• seam vs seem
• submittal vs submission
• woman vs women
• heal vs heel
• tripple vs triple
• swam vs swum
• grammer vs grammar
• tooken vs took vs taken

Definitions

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• n  the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
• n  a pompous fool
• n  hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
• n  slang for sexual intercourse
• v  evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
• v  charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
• v  set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
• v  estimate the value of (property) for taxation
  Our house hasn't been assessed in years

News & Articles

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• County to assess oilfield equipment
  Commissioners this week greenlighted County Assessor Janell Enlow’s request to hire outside expertise, to begin a Phase 1 physical assessment of oil and gas transfer facilities in the county and approximately 1/3 of all the commercial enterprises.
  June 15, 2013 - Sapulpa Daily Herald
• NWS Assess the Damage
  BELMOND, IA – The National Weather Service from Des Moines came to the Belmond area to assess the damage that was done by the tornado that hit the area.
  June 13, 2013 - KIMT Mason City
• Utilizing The Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, Let's Assess The Damage Done By Hurricane Nia
  The National Climactic Data Center reported that extreme weather caused $110 billion worth of damage to the United States last year, but they've yet to assess the cost associated with the Northwest's recent Hurricane Nia. We should all brace ourselves for the worst. Nia swept through Portland during this season of "Real World," leaving much of [...]
  June 13, 2013 - MTV