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HOW TO OVERCOME THOSE TRICKY WORDS AND PHRASES IN ENGLISH

HELLO ENGLISH LEANERS!

ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS A FUN LANGUAGE TO LEARN, SOME WORDS AND PHRASES MAY TRIP YOU UP!

HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:

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ACCEPT/EXCEPT[edit | edit source]

  • ACCEPT IS A VERB MEANING “RECEIVE.”
  • EXCEPT IS A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING “OTHER THAN.”

ALLUSION/ILLUSION[edit | edit source]

  • ALLUSION IS “A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.”
  • AN ILLUSION IS “A DECEPTIVE APPEARENCE.”

ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER[edit | edit source]

  • ALL TOGETHER MEANS “IN UNISON OR IN ONE PLACE.”
  • ALTOGETHER MEANS “ENTIRELY.”

AFFECT/ EFFECT[edit | edit source]

  • AFFECT IS A VERB MEANING “TO INFLUENCE.”
  • EFFECT IS A NOUN MEANING “A RESULT.”

BESIDE/BESIDES[edit | edit source]

  • BESIDE IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “NEXT TO.”
  • BESIDES IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “EXCEPT.”

CAN/MAY[edit | edit source]

  • CAN INDICATES “ABILITY.”
  • MAY INDICATES “PERMISSION.”

DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED[edit | edit source]

  • DISINTERESTED MEANS “IMPARTIAL.”
  • UNINTERESTED MEANS “HAVING NO INTEREST.”

ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY[edit | edit source]

  • ESPECIALLY MEANS “PARTICULARLY.”
  • SPECIALLY MEANS “FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.”

FARTHER/FURTHER[edit | edit source]

  • FARTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL DISTANCE.”
  • FURTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT.”

GOOD/WELL[edit | edit source]

  • GOOD IS AN ADJECTIVE. “A GOOD SPORTSMAN.”
  • WELL IS AN ADVERB. “WE SING WELL TOGETHER.”

SHALL/WILL[edit | edit source]

  • SHALL IS USED IN THE FIRST PERSON. “SHALL I GO SHOPPING.”
  • WILL IS USED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. “YOU WILL SIT.” “THEY WILL SIT.”

SHOULD/WOULD[edit | edit source]

  • SHOULD IS USED IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. IT EXPRESSES SOME KIND OF “OBLIGATION.”
  • WOULD IS ALSO USED IN ALL THREE PERSONS. IT EXPRESSES A “WISH OR DESIRE.”

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE TRICKY WORDS IN ENGLISH THAT MAY CAUSE CONFUSION. THERE ARE MANY MORE BUT THESE ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON.

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