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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: | 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: | ||
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.” | 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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 21:19, 25 October 2019
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! HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:
ACCEPT/EXCEPT
ACCEPT IS A VERB MEANING “RECEIVE.” EXCEPT IS A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING “OTHER THAN.”
ALLUSION/ILLUSION
ALLUSION IS “A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.” AN ILLUSION IS “A DECEPTIVE APPEARENCE.”
ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER
ALL TOGETHER MEANS “IN UNISON OR IN ONE PLACE.” ALTOGETHER MEANS “ENTIRELY.”
AFFECT/ EFFECT
AFFECT IS A VERB MEANING “TO INFLUENCE.” EFFECT IS A NOUN MEANING “A RESULT.”
BESIDE/BESIDES
BESIDE IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “NEXT TO.” BESIDES IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “EXCEPT.”
CAN/MAY
CAN INDICATES “ABILITY.” MAY INDICATES “PERMISSION.”
DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED
DISINTERESTED MEANS “IMPARTIAL.” UNINTERESTED MEANS “HAVING NO INTEREST.”
ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY
ESPECIALLY MEANS “PARTICULARLY.” SPECIALLY MEANS “FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.”
FARTHER/FURTHER
FARTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL DISTANCE.” FURTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT.”
GOOD/WELL
GOOD IS AN ADJECTIVE. “A GOOD SPORTSMAN.” WELL IS AN ADVERB. “WE SING WELL TOGETHER.”
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.”
SHOULD/WOULD
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.