Thursday, July 24, 2014

irate, I rate

Irate or irate ( one word ) means very angry or enraged--
He sent an irate letter to the editor, and the newspaper printed it.
He was irate when he found out what happened to the car.

I rate ( two words ) means the person speaking to you ( I ) place {something} in a class or rank, or evaluate something--
When I rate this movie, I will give it four stars.
They complain if I rate something at fewer than four stars.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"If I rate this restaurant at two stars, it's because I'm still irate about the bad food."

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