Kamis, 23 Maret 2017

COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS AND CONFUSINGLY RELATED WORDS

Hear, Here
Hear    : listen about something
Here    : tell position
  • Do you hear me?
  • You must standing here

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

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

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

CONFUSINGLY RELATED WORD
  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

  1. Remind, Remember
Remind            : make people remember (mengingatkan)
Remember      : mean recall (recall a thing)
  • Remind me to return this book
  • I don’t remember to lock this door

  1. Ride, Drive
Ride     : Mean riding on top of the vehicle like bicycle, motorcycle, horse etc
Drive   : Mean driving inside the vehicle like car, truck etc
  • I want ride my motorcycle to visit my grandfather house
  • I will drive my new car

  1. Chose, Select
Chose  : use to chose between two things
Select  : use to chose between a lot of things
  • I chose the brown dress not the blue dress
  • Let’s select your favourite cake in this store

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