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