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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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