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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.

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