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| ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS A FUN LANGUAGE TO LEARN, SOME WORDS AND PHRASES MAY TRIP YOU UP!
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| HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:
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| ==ACCEPT/EXCEPT== | |
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| *ACCEPT IS A VERB MEANING “RECEIVE.”
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| *EXCEPT IS A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING “OTHER THAN.”
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| ==ALLUSION/ILLUSION==
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| *ALLUSION IS “A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.”
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| *AN ILLUSION IS “A DECEPTIVE APPEARENCE.”
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| ==ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER==
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| *ALL TOGETHER MEANS “IN UNISON OR IN ONE PLACE.”
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| *ALTOGETHER MEANS “ENTIRELY.”
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| ==AFFECT/ EFFECT==
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| *AFFECT IS A VERB MEANING “TO INFLUENCE.”
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| *EFFECT IS A NOUN MEANING “A RESULT.”
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| ==BESIDE/BESIDES==
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| *BESIDE IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “NEXT TO.”
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| *BESIDES IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “EXCEPT.”
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| ==CAN/MAY==
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| *CAN INDICATES “ABILITY.”
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| *MAY INDICATES “PERMISSION.”
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| ==DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED==
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| *DISINTERESTED MEANS “IMPARTIAL.”
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| *UNINTERESTED MEANS “HAVING NO INTEREST.”
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| ==ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY==
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| *ESPECIALLY MEANS “PARTICULARLY.”
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| *SPECIALLY MEANS “FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.”
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| ==FARTHER/FURTHER==
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| *FARTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL DISTANCE.”
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| *FURTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT.”
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| ==GOOD/WELL==
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| *GOOD IS AN ADJECTIVE. “A GOOD SPORTSMAN.”
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| *WELL IS AN ADVERB. “WE SING WELL TOGETHER.”
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| ==SHALL/WILL==
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| *SHALL IS USED IN THE FIRST PERSON. “SHALL I GO SHOPPING.”
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| *WILL IS USED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. “YOU WILL SIT.” “THEY WILL SIT.”
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| ==SHOULD/WOULD==
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| *SHOULD IS USED IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. IT EXPRESSES SOME KIND OF “OBLIGATION.”
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| *WOULD IS ALSO USED IN ALL THREE PERSONS. IT EXPRESSES A “WISH OR DESIRE.”
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| 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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| ==Author==
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| https://polyglotclub.com/member/Kangaroo70
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| ==comments==
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| Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/e9t71a/how_to_overcome_tricky_words_and_phrases_in/
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