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drunk / drunken As an adjective, the form drunk is used after a verb while the form drunken is now used only in front of a noun. Thus you should say They were drunk last night and A drunken waiter at the restaurant ruined our evening. Using drunk in front of a noun is usually considered unacceptable in formal style, but the phrases drunk driver and drunk driving, which have become fixed expressions, present an exception to this. Drunk and drunken are sometimes used to make a legal distinction, whereby a drunk driver is a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the. | drunk drunken As an adjective the form drunk is used after a verb while the form drunken is now used only in front of a noun. Thus you should say They were drunk last night and A drunken waiter at the restaurant ruined our evening. Using drunk in front of a noun is usually considered unacceptable in formal style but the phrases drunk driver and drunk driving which have become fixed expressions present an exception to this. Drunk and drunken are sometimes used to make a legal distinction whereby a drunk driver is a driver whose alcohol level exceeds the legal limit and a drunken driver is a driver who is inebriated due to Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective. According to this view it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point however and since due to is widely used and understood there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition elder eldest Elder and eldest generally apply to persons unlike older and oldest which also apply to things. Elder and eldest are used principally with reference to seniority elder sister elder statesman John the Elder elicit illicit You may elicit guffaws if you confuse these two. Elicit is a verb meaning to bring or draw out something that is latent or potential as in Duke Ellington elicited some amazing sounds from his band. By extension you can elicit a truth or principle as from a discussion or inquiry. Elicit can also mean to call forth a reaction of which a guffaw is a good example. Illicit on the other hand is an adjective meaning unlawful as in money acquired by illicit means equable equitable Don t lose your equanimity over these look-alikes. Equable means steady unvarying as in an equable climate. It is often .