V – 1 CONFUSING WORDS
1] -S Confusion
Have-haves, water-waters,
people-peoples, arm-arms, wood-woods,
air-airs, good-goods, force-forces,
physic-physics, respect-respects, work-works,
gut-guts, fee-fees
2] capital confusion
China-china, atlas-Atlas,
tramp-Tramp, earth-Earth, act-Act,
august-August, eve-Eve, vat-Vat,
salt-SALT, may-May, maya-Maya,
turkey-Turkey,
mosses-Masses, god-God, boycott-Boycott, sandwich-Sandwich, tughlak-Tughlak,
3] the confusion
Poor-the
poor, rich-the rich, Smith-the Smiths, English-the English,
4] joined/
separated confusion
All
right-alright, all though-although, all ways-always, a bed-a bed,
in come-income, a
sleep-asleep,
5] nearest
pronunciation confusion
Alter-altar, angel-angle,
fare-fair, wonder-wander,
stationary-stationery, ever-aver, eruption-irruption, migrate-immigrate-emigrate, department-deportment, movement-moment, differ-defer,
follow-fallow,
6] nearest
meaning confusion
Invention-discovery, corpse-carcass, able-capable,
revolution-evolution,
assassinate-murder,
human-humane, battle-war, canal-channel, confident-confidant, avenge- revenge, handsome-winsome, crime-sin-vice, custom-habit,
decrease-diminish,
defend-protect,
devoted-addicted,
drown-sink,
emigrate-immigrate,
famous-notorious, freedom-liberty, limit-limitation, rare-scarce,
flock-herd, haste-hurry, shade-shadow,
value-price, expect-hope, farther-further, see-look,
hazard-disaster
7] -e confusion
Cloths-clothes, corps-corpse,
cast-caste, rap-rape, win-wine,
bell-belle,
8] Pronunciation confusion
Wind, good,
lead, tear, can,
contract, Rama, read,
beat, object,
CONFUSING WORDS - 2
1] a/an
In both spoken and written
English, an is
used before words beginning with a vowel sound
Also use a with
words that start with consonant
2] almost/most
Almost,
an adverb, means "nearly";
most,
an adjective, means "the greatest part of" something.
3] accept/except
Accept
is a verb meaning "to receive": Please accept a gift.
Except is usually a preposition or a conjunction meaning "other
than" or "but for":
4] accidentally/accidently
The correct adverb is accidentally,
from the root word accidental, not accident
Accidently is
a misspelling.
5] adoptive/adopted
Adoptive
refers to the parent: He resembles his adoptive father.
Adopted refers
to the child:
6] adverse/averse
Both words are adjectives,
and both mean "opposed" or "hostile."
Averse,
however, is used to describe a subject's opposition to something (The
minister was averse to the new trends developing in the country), whereas
adverse
describes something opposed to the subject (The adverse
comments affected his self-esteem).
7] advice/advise
Advice,
a noun, means "suggestion or suggestions": Here's
some good advice.
Advise,
a verb, means "to offer ideas or suggestions": Act as
we advise you.
8] affect/effect
Affect
is also used as a noun in psychology and psychiatry to mean
"emotion": We can learn much about affect from performance. change
Effect
is also used as a verb meaning "to bring about": His
letter effected a change in
their
relationship.
9] aggravate/annoy
aggravate
can be used as a synonym for annoy.
the
child's crying annoyed her more than the pain.
10] agree to/agree with
Agree
to means "to consent to, to accept" (usually with a plan or
idea).
Agree
with means "to be in accord with"
11] aisle/isle
Aisle
means "a passageway between sections of seats": It
was impossible to pass through the airplane aisle during the meal service.
Isle means
"island": I would like to be on a desert isle on such a dreary
morning.
12] all ready/already 13] all right/alright
14] allusion/illusion
An allusion is a
reference or hint: He made an allusion to the past.
An illusion is a
deceptive appearance: The canals on Mars are an illusion.
16]
a lot/alot/allot
A
lot is always written as two words. It is used informally to mean
"many":
Allot
is a verb meaning "to divide" or "to set
aside":
Alot
is not a word.
17]
altogether/all together
Altogether
means "completely" or "totally";
all
together means "all at one time" or "gathered together":
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