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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.