Dying vs. dyeing
Wrong: I can’t go out with you tonight because I’m dying my hair.
Right: I can’t go out with you tonight because I’m dyeing my hair.
Unless a woman is changing her hair color at the bottom of the ocean, most likely she’s dyeing it, not dying.
Ink pen
Wrong: May I borrow your ink pen?
Right: May I borrow your pen?
Because all writing pens (as opposed to, for example, pig pens) contain ink and only ink, saying ink pen is redundant.
Mark.
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