COMMONLY MISUSED WORD AND CONFUSINGLY RELATED WORD

Commonly Misused Word

1.      Accept, Except

Accept             : Agree to or receive

Except             : Leave out or not including

·         You must accept this money for buy food tonight

·         All my family will back to the hometown except me

2. Principal, Principle

Principal          : Mean chief (person)

Principle          : Mean basic truth or a moral ruler that influence someone

·         Bouman is the principal in my school

·         It was my principle that always make my parent happy

3. Hear, Here

Hear    : listen about something

Here    : tell position

·         Do you hear me?

·         You must standing here

4. Buy, By

Buy      : means a purchase something

By        : proposition meaning close to or indicating who did something

·         I buy a laptop yesterday

·         My favourite novel is by Andrea Hirata

Confusingly Related Words

1.      Advice, Advise

Advice : Opinion given someone (noun form)

Advise  : Act of giving an opinion (verb form)

·         She can give you a good advice will make you to be a better person

·         I can find the best way to advise your brother

2.      Affect, Effect

Affect  : Mean influence (usually a verb)

Effect   : End result of influence (usually a noun)

·         This supplement can affect my concentration on work

·         The effect of Tsunami was devasting

3.      Save, Safe

Save     : Mean to keep or to save (verb)

Safe     : Mean giving protection (adjective)

·         Please save this document

·         I feel safe with you