Common mistakes : Rise vs. Raise

Confusing verbs

.Choose the correct sentence(s)

.She rose their salaries too often .She raised their salaries too often

.Val raises very early in the morning .Val rises very early in the morning

(a) Rise

.Don’t say: Val raises very early in the morning .Say: Val rises very early in the morning

(b) Raise

.Don’t say: She rose their salaries too often .Say: She raised their salaries too often

Rise is an intransitive verb and means to go up, stand up, or get out of bed. It doesn’t require an object. Raise is a transitive verb and means to lift up something. Their principal parts are: rise, rose, risen, and raise, raised, raised

Note: “Arise” is often used for “rise”, but it is better to use arise only in the sense of begin :A quarrel (a discussion, an argument, a difficulty, etc.) may arise. This is formal but is still used