Usage 1 Flashcards
Accept or Except
Accept: to receive
Except: other than to leave out
A or an
A:words after starts on consonant
An: word after starts on vowel
Adapt or adopt
Adapt: to change
Adopt: to take as one’s own
Affect or effect
Affect: to influence (verb)
Effect: noun=results ; verb=to cause
Ain’t
Just don’t use!!!
All ready or already
All ready: ready
Already: before now; in the past
All right or alright
Don’t use it as one word!
All together or altogether
All together: together as one group
Altogether: completely; as a whole
Among or between
Among: 3 or more things
Between: 2 things
Anxious
Anxious is negative
Eager is positive!
As to or about
Never us as to!!! Always use about!
At
Don’t use after where!!
Awhile or A while
Awhile: for a while (adverb)
A while: after an amount of time
Bad or badly
Bad: wrong, incorrect, ill
Badly: in a bad way, or poorly