كلمــات دائمــا تح ــيرك وتكون متشابهه ..Words that are often confused

03-14-2010, 05:55 AM

سجل لمشاهدة الروابط

سجل لمشاهدة الصور

المــوضــوع ح يكــون طــويــل ...

.. والكــل راح يح ــتاجــه .. واتمنى تكرموني بالردود

Wordsسجل لمشاهدة الروابطareسجل لمشاهدة الروابطconfused

accede, exceed
Accede means to agree, to allow; exceed means to go beyond, to surpass, as in
“Drivers who exceed the speed limit are asking for hefty fines.”

accept, except
Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they’re all waiting for an acceptance!
“We accept your invitation to your party, except for Bill, who will be away onسجل لمشاهدة الروابطday.”
However, I recently saw (on a publisher’s *** site!) the statement, “ We are excepting submissions … ” Can you believe it?

adapt, adept, adopt
Adapt means to adjust, adept means skilled and adopt means to take as your own:
“Some people cannot adapt to new surroundings.”
“He is very adept at dodging awkward questions.”
“He tends to adopt the attitudes of those around him.”

adverse, averse
Adverse means inauspicious, hostile; averse means disinclined, repelled.
“I’m very much averse to making a long, arduous journey under such adverse weather conditions.”

advice, advise
Advice is the noun and advise the verb.
“His advice wasسجل لمشاهدة الروابطwe should advise everybody to either stay away or be extremely careful.”

affect, effect
Affect is a verb; effect is more usually a noun. When used as a verb it means to achieve, fulfil, realise.
“Bad weather will affect the quality of the fruit.”
“The effect of bad weather is a reduction in fruit quality.”
I can’t think of any sentence using effect as a verb where one of the other three mentioned above wouldn’t be a much better choice, but perhaps a politician might say, “To effect our goal of saving 10%…”

aloud, allowed
Aloud means out loud, speaking soسجل لمشاهدة الروابطsomeone else can hear you; allowed means permitted.

already, all ready
Already means by this time; all ready means prepared.
“Are you already packed?”
“Yes, I’m all ready to leave.”

altogether, all together
Altogether means wholly; all together means everybody in a group:
“It’s altogether too badسجل لمشاهدة الروابطyou can’t come.”
“All together, now: ‘Good morning, Sir!’”

all right, alright
All right is the correct form; alright is grammatically incorrect.

allude, elude
Allude means to refer to; elude means to dodge or escape.

allusion, illusion
Allusion is an indirect reference or hint; illusion means deception or mirage.

all ways, always
All ways means by every way or method; always means all the time, forever.

annual, annul
Annual means yearly; annul means to make void or invalid.

anyone, any one
This is quite tricky. Anyone means anybody, any person at all; any one means any one person and is followed by “of”.
“Does anyone else want to come?”
“Any one of you is welcome to come along.”

appraise, apprise
Appraise is to assess or estimate. Apprise is to inform or notify:
“I will appraise the situation and immediately apprise everybody of my conclusions.”
Please don’t make your character say or write anything like this, though—unless you want him to sound like a pompous twit!

ascent, assent
Ascent is an upward movement; assent means agreement.

assistance, assistants
Assistance means help or aid; assistants is the plural of assistant, one who gives help.

assure, ensure, insure
Assure means to guarantee; ensure means to make sure; insure means to protect against loss or damage:
“I assure you there’s no call for alarm.”
“To ensure your crockery doesn’t get broken, wrap it all in bubble wrap.”
“In case of breakage or loss, you should insure everything with a good insurance company.”

auger, augur
Auger is a tool; augur means to predict.

baited, bated
Baited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always bated:
“She watched with bated breath.”
I’ve yet to readسجل لمشاهدة الروابطsomeone “bated a trap” instead of baiting it, but there’s always a first time.

bare, bear
Bare means naked; bear (apart from being a large animal) means to carry.

bazaar, bizarre
Bazaar is an exhibition or fair; bizarre means weird, grotesque, alien.

berth, birth
Berth is a place to sleep on a boat or ship; birth is the beginning (usually of life).

beside, besides
Beside means by the side of; besides means in addition to.

biannual, biennial
These two are really tricky! Biannual means happening twice a year; biennial means every two years.

blonde, blond
Because these are borrowed from French there is a feminine and masculine form. Blonde is feminine and blond is masculine.

bore, boar, boor
Bore as a noun is a boring or tiresome person, or somethingسجل لمشاهدة الروابطyou don’t like doing; boar is a male pig; boor is a vulgar person.

board, bored
Board is a long sheet of wood, also a group of people as in “Board of Directors”, and as a verb means to go onto a ship, plane or other form of public transport; bored means not interested.

born, borne
Born is always the beginning of life, borne means carried.
“I was born in the middle of a particularly severe winter.”
“The logs were borne down the river to the mill.”

bought, brought
Bought is the past tense of buy, brought is the past tense of bring. So, I bought (paid for) a load of topsoil, and a truck driver brought (delivered) it to my home.

braise, braze
Braise means to **** slowly in liquid (usually meat); braze most commonly means to solder with an alloy of copper and zinc.

brake, break
Brake means to stop; break means to smash.

bridal, bridle
Bridal has to do with brides and weddings; bridle as a noun means a halter or restraint; as a verb it means to restrain or to draw oneself up in anger.

by, buy, bye
By is a preposition meaning next to; buy means purchase; bye means farewell or good-bye.

canvas, canvass
Canvas is cloth or fabric; canvass means to seek votes, to survey, to sell door-to-door.

capital, capitol
Capital means the seat of government; money invested; excellent, as in “What a capital idea!”. Capitol is the building where government meets, although in New Zealand that’s simply called The Beehive.

caught, court
Caught is the past tense of catch. Court is a place where criminals are tried; a place where ball games are played; a royal household or residence. As a verb it means to curry favour, to strive for or seek; or (in relationship terms) to date someone of the opposite gender.

cereal, serial
Cereal is something you might eat for breakfast, such as porridge. Serial is something in a series; somethingسجل لمشاهدة الروابطcontinues one after another, as in a weekly instalment of chapters from a book.

censor, sensor
Censor as a verb means to officially inspect and make deletions or changes (in books, letters, movies, etc.) usually because the deleted or changed material is regarded as offensive or harmful in some way, though movies these days are more likely to be given a rating instead; as a noun it refers to the official who does the censoring. Sensor is somethingسجل لمشاهدة الروابطsenses (for instance a burglar alarm has many sensors: for movement, body heat, etc.)

collaborate, corroborate
Collaborate means to work with someone; corroborate means to establish the truth of something.

compliment, complement
Compliment means praise or congratulate. You always pay someone a compliment, not a complement. Complement means to supplement, round out. Mustard complements ham, for instance, by “rounding out” the flavour.

continual, continuous
Continual means somethingسجل لمشاهدة الروابطhappens frequently, with breaks between the occurrences. Continuous means somethingسجل لمشاهدة الروابطhappens without stopping!
“Continual interruptions distract me from writing.”
“The continuous noise of the motor mower distracts me from writing.”

co-operation, corporation
Co-operation (usually spelt without the hyphen in US English) means working together; corporation is a business organisation.

correspondence, correspondents
Correspondence is written communication; correspondents are those who write it.

creak, creek
Creak is both a noun and a verb and means squeak or groan (for instance, rusty hinges and loose floorboards creak); creek is a noun and means a waterway or stream.

credible, creditable
Credible means believable; creditable means praiseworthy or deserving credit.

criteria, criterion
Criterion is singular; criteria is plural.

curb, kerb
Curb means to control, as in “curb your temper”, while kerb is the edge of a footpath or sidewalk.

currant, current
Currant is a fruit, usually dried. Current as an adjective means contemporary, fashionable; as a noun it means stream, flow.

desert, dessert
Desert means to abandon (and can also be a noun, meaning a wasteland); dessert is the sweet course of a meal.

device, devise
Device is a noun, meaning a gadget or (particularly in writing terms) an invention; devise is a verb, meaning to invent or plot.

discreet, discrete
Discreet means respectful, prudent; discrete means separate or detached from others.

draft, draught
Draft refers to the first writing of your novel or story (or any other ********). You can also be drafted (enlisted or recruited) into the army, navy, etc.
Draught is an air movement, a drink (as in “draught of ale”) or refers to a horse (or other animal) used for pulling ploughs, etc (e.g., “draught horse”).

elicit, illicit
Elicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal.

eminent, imminent
Eminent means distinguished, famous; imminent means near, close at hand.

everyday, every day
Everyday means commonplace, ordinary; every day is used for something سجل لمشاهدة الروابطhappens daily.
everyone, every one
Everyone means every person in a group; every one means each person and is always followed by “of”.
“Everyone needs to know how to swim.”
“Every one of you should be able to swim.”

fair, fare
Fair means average, good-looking, pale, unbiased (what a lot of meanings for one little word!); fare is the money you pay to go somewhere by bus, train, plane, taxi, etc. It can also refer to a passenger. As a verb it means do, as in:
“I didn’t fare as well in my exams this year as I’d hoped.”

farther, further
Farther is used for physical distance; further for non-physical. For instance:
The farther we walked the more hostile the terrain became.
I promised to give the plan further thought.

faze, phase
The most common error is the use of phase when the writer means faze. To faze someone is to fluster or confuse them, whereas phase is mostly used in reference to a stage in someone’s life—though it can be a stage in almost anything else:
“Like most children, Danny’s going through a phase of refusing to eat his vegetables.”
“Nothing fazes my mother, who can produce a meal for unexpected guests at a moment’s notice.”

flare, flair
Flare means to flash or blaze and (as a noun) is a pyrotechnic device; flair means ability or skill.

forbear, forebear
Forbear means to refrain from; forebear is an ancestor or forefather.

foreword, forward
Foreword is the preface in a book, usually written by someone who is not the author; forward means ahead, near the front.

forth, fourth
Forth means forward; fourth is after “third”.

foul, fowl
Foul can mean dishonourable (by foul means), disgusting (a foul smell), entangle (rubbish dumped in the river can foul fishing lines); fowl is a bird.

found, founded
Found is the past tense of find; founded means started, as in “My great grandfather founded this company nearly a hundred years ago.”

gibe, jibe
Gibe means to taunt; jibe means to agree, correspond or tally; in boating it means to shift the sails.

gorilla, guerrilla
Gorilla is a large ape; guerrilla is a particular kind of soldier.

hail, hale
Hail means to greet or to come from (as in “She hails from Texas”) and as a noun it is frozen raindrops; hale means healthy or (as a verb) to haul.

hanged, hung
A criminal is always hanged; a picture is hung:
“We hung the portrait where everybody could see it.”
“John Smith was hanged yesterday at dawn.”
Just remember, “I’ll be hanged if they’re going to hang me,” and you won’t forget the difference
again! Salam sisters n brothers

سجل لمشاهدة الصور

أدوات الموضوع
مشاهدة صفحة طباعة الموضوع أرسل هذا الموضوع إلى صديق
انواع عرض الموضوع
العرض العادي الانتقال إلى العرض المتطور الانتقال إلى العرض الشجري

الإهداءات