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==ACCEPT/EXCEPT==
==ACCEPT/EXCEPT==


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


*SHALL IS USED IN THE FIRST PERSON. “SHALL I GO SHOPPING.”  
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.”
*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.

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