Common errors in English: Usage of Rise and Arise

Rise and Arise

Both these verbs are intransitive and may be used interchangeably. For example:

“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree'.

W. B. Yeats has used “arise” here in place of “rise'. But in modern English ‘arise' is used to mean begin, appear or come into being. For example:

Incorrect : Some problems have risen.

Correct : Some problems have arisen.

Incorrect : Such a question should not rise here.

Correct : Such a question should not arise here.

Incorrect . The price of rice is arising.

Correct : The price of rice is rising.

Here, ‘rising’ means 'going up’.

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