Sprint 21 · Chapter 4

Worsening And Risk

Describe deterioration precisely — making a problem worse is not the same as making it spread — and control the transitivity split that causes most errors here.

1. 1Worse, Bigger, or Spreading
2. 2Same Problem, Three Ways Worse
3. 3Transitivity and Collocation
4. 4Needs an Agent or Happens Alone
5. 5Intensify or Spread
6. 6Complete the Problem Paragraph
7. 7Describe a Worsening Problem
8. 8Worse or Wider
9. 9Save the Verbs You Missed