영어공부 13탄 ( Usage/Commonly confused words #39~#60)

#39. Accept means " to receive"

Except means " other than"

Phil walked proudly to the stage to accept his award.

#40. Affect is a verb meaning " to cause a change in."

Effect is a noun meaning "result."

Bad weather will affect our plans for the weekend.

#41. All ready means " completely ready."

Aleady means " by this time" or " before."

By the time the firsworks display was all ready, we had already arrived.

# 42. Use among for three or more people, things, or groups.

Use between for two people, things, groups.

Mr. Kendall divided the jobs for the car wash among the team member.

#43. Bring means " to carry from a distant place to a closer one."

As if you are going somehere.

Take means "to carry from a nearby place to a distant one."

As if you are leaving somewhere.

Please bring your own lunch to school tomorrow since the cafeteria will be closed.

#44. Can implies ability to do something.

May is a request for permission.

You may take a later bus home if you can remember which bus to get on.

#45. Choose means " to select."

Chose is the past form of choose, meaning "selected."

Dad helped me choose a birthday card for my grandmother.

I chose a funny one.

#46. Fewer refers to things that can be counted.

Less refers to things that cannot be counted.

There is less fat in this kind of peanut butter, so there are fewer jars left on the shelf.

#47. Good is an adjective meaning "pleasing."

Well is an adverb telling how ably something is done.

Although the pizza smelled good, I was not feeling well enough to eat a slice.

#48. Loose means " not firmly attached."

Lose means " to misplace" or "fail to win."

Id you keep wiggling that loose tooth, you are going to lose it.

#49. Than is used to compare. Then means " at that time" or "after that."

I'd rather go to Disney World in the winter than in the summer. It's too hot then.

#50. They're means "they are."

Their is the possessive of they.

There indicates a place.

While in Florida, They're visiting Clearwater Beach during their vacation there.

#51. Allowed means "permitted."

Aloud means "said out loud."

When saying the Pledge of Allegiance aloud, students are not allowed to wear thier hats.

#52. Who's is who is or who has. Whose shows possession.

Who's going to try to find out whose leftover spaghetti this belongs to?

#53. To means "in the direction of."

Too means "also" or "to an excessive degree."

I have two bracelets to match my purple outfit, too!

#54. It's is a contraction of "it is."

Its is the possessive of a personal pronoun.

The computer industry seems to change its products daily, so it's hard to keep up with the technology.

#55. use amount to refer to an uncountable quantity

use number to refer to people or things that can be counted

An enormous amount of energy was exerted by a small number of people.

 

#56. Use new to refer to something not old.

Use knew to refer to something learned.

I never knew that you worked with my new sister-in-law.

#57. After the words could, might, must, should, and would, use the helping verb have.

All students should have completed their homework for today.

# 58. I is used as a subject.

Me is used as an object.

Please give the notes to Joe and me.

Samantha and I walked to the coffee shop.

#59. a lot is two words.

You have a lot of books in your library.

#60. Add "est" to one-syllable afjectives to indicate the highest quality.

Use"most" for adjectives with two or more syllables

(when the word doesn't end with a "y"-smelly, houncy, ect.)

She was the nicest teacher I've ever had!

Albert Einstein is one of the most  famous scientists in own history!