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HELLO ENGLISH LEANERS!


= HOW TO OVERCOME THOSE TRICKY WORDS AND PHRASES IN ENGLISH =
ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS A FUN LANGUAGE TO LEARN, SOME WORDS AND PHRASES MAY TRIP YOU UP!  
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:


HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:
<span link>With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages:</span> [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Difference-between-ROBBER%2C-BURGLAR%2C-MUGGER-and-THIEF|Difference between ROBBER, BURGLAR ...]], [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Words-ending-with-the-suffix-less|Words ending with the suffix less]], [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Top-1000-Inspirational-quotes|Top 1000 Inspirational quotes]] & [[Language/English/Vocabulary/Phrasal-Verbs-with-OFF|Phrasal Verbs with OFF]].
==ACCEPT/EXCEPT==
==ACCEPT/EXCEPT==


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


==ALLUSION/ILLUSION==
==ALLUSION/ILLUSION==


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


==ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER==
==ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER==


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


==AFFECT/ EFFECT==
==AFFECT/ EFFECT==


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


==BESIDE/BESIDES==
==BESIDE/BESIDES==


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


==CAN/MAY==
==CAN/MAY==


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


==DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED==
==DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED==


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


==ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY==
==ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY==


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


==FARTHER/FURTHER==
==FARTHER/FURTHER==


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


==GOOD/WELL==
==GOOD/WELL==


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


==SHALL/WILL==
==SHALL/WILL==


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.”
*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==
==SHOULD/WOULD==


SHOULD IS USED IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. IT EXPRESSES SOME KIND OF “OBLIGATION.”
*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.
 
==Author==


WOULD IS ALSO USED IN ALL THREE PERSONS. IT EXPRESSES A “WISH OR DESIRE.”
https://polyglotclub.com/member/Kangaroo70


==comments==
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/e9t71a/how_to_overcome_tricky_words_and_phrases_in/


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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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:

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Difference between ROBBER, BURGLAR ..., Words ending with the suffix less, Top 1000 Inspirational quotes & Phrasal Verbs with OFF.

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.

Author[edit | edit source]

https://polyglotclub.com/member/Kangaroo70

comments[edit | edit source]

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/e9t71a/how_to_overcome_tricky_words_and_phrases_in/

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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