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accept: to receive; to answer
positively
except: not including;
everything but
anxious: worried/nervous
eager: excited/looking forward
to
affect: to pretend;
to influence
effect: a result
assure: to make certain (such as
with a person)
ensure: to make sure
(such as with a thing)
insure: to provide or obtain
insurance
beside: at the side of
besides: in addition to
between: two items that are
related
among: three or more
things related
choice: a decision or an
option
choose:
to make a decision
chose: past tense of choose
compliment: to praise
complement: something that
completes
farther: literal or
physical distance
further: to a greater
extent
fewer:
comparative with plural items
less:
items that are singular
imply: to suggest
infer: to deduce
its: possessive form of it
it’s: contraction for it is or
it has
lay: to place, which is always
followed by an object
lie: to recline
**For present tense only. Tip: If you can
replace the word in question with put, then use
lay.
nauseated: not feeling well
nauseous:
disgust
As per Merriam Webster:
nauseous = causing nausea or disgust.
Nauseated
means “experiencing nausea,” whereas
nauseous means “causing nausea”—in
other words, offensive or loathsome. If you feel
a queasy sensation in your stomach, you are
nauseated; only if you cause other
people to be ill are you nauseous.
set vs. sit:
In general, set refers to an
object ("Set the materials down on the table") and sit does
not ("She sat for an hour, waiting for the bus").
that vs. which
--"Which" is frequently used to introduce
a nonrestrictive clause, a phrase that isn’t necessary or
supplies additional information and is usually set off by
commas.
For example: The burned CD, which
she received from a friend, was
of a lesser
quality than the
original from a music store.
--"That" is used for introducing
restrictive clauses that refer to things, phrases that ARE
essential to the meaning of the rest of the sentence.
For example: The CD that consists
of all of the band’s top-ten singles is her favorite.
that vs. who/whom
In most cases, "who/whom" is the standard
form when referring to human beings, especially in regards
to an individual person. "That" is used when referring to a
class, species, or type. "Which" should never be used in
reference to humans.
A correct example with "who": She goes
to the hairstylist who is the best.
A correct example with "that": He is
the type of hairstylist that should charge more
because he is the best.
their: possessive form of
they
there:
in or at that place
they’re:
contraction for they are
whose: possessive form of
which, who
who’s:
contraction for who is
your: possessive form of
you; belonging to you
you’re: contraction for you are
