Use The Right Word Flashcards
Accept or except?
Accept: “to receive” “to believe”
Except: “other than”
Alot or a lot?
A lot is always 2 words!
Adapt or adopt?
Adapt: “to adjust or change to fit”
Adopt: “to choose and treat as your own”
Adverse or averse?
Adverse: “hostile, unfavorable, or harmful”
Averse: “to have a definite feeling of distaste”
Advice or advise?
Advice: a noun! “Information or recommendation”
Advise: a verb! “To recommend”
Affect or effect?
Affect: a verb! “To influence”
Effect: a verb. “To produce, accomplish, or complete”
a noun. “The result”
Alright or all right?
All right is always 2 words!
Allusion or illusion?
Allusion: indirect reference to something
Illusion: a false picture or idea
Already or all ready?
Already: an adverb! “Before this time”
All ready: adjective! “Fully prepared”
* use all ready if you can substitute “ready” alone
Altogether or all together?
Altogether: “entirely”
All together: “in a group” “all at once”
Among or between?
Among: speaking of more than 2 persons
Between: 2 persons
Amoral or immoral?
Amoral: neither moral/right or immoral/wrong
Immoral: wrong or in conflict with traditional values
Amount or number?
Amount: bulk measurements
Number: count separate units…CAN BE COUNTED
Annual, biannual, semiannual, biennial, or perennial?
Annual: 1 time each year
Biannual and Semiannual: 2 times each year
Biennial: event happens every 2 years
Perennial: event that is persistent or constant
Anyway or anyways?
Never add an S to anyway!
Ascent or assent?
Ascent: act or rising or climbing
Assent: to agree after consideration
Bad or badly?
Bad: adjective!
Badly: adverb!
Base or bass?
Base: foundation…fish
Bass: deep sound
Beside or besides?
Beside: adverb! “Nearby…location”
Besides: preposition! “Other than or in addition to”
Bring or take?
Bring: action is towards
Take: action is away
Can or may?
Can: ability suggested
May: permission suggested
Capital or Capitol?
Capital: noun. “City or money”
adjective. “Major/important”
Capitol: building
Cereal or serial?
Cereal: grain
Serial: something in series
Choral or coral?
Choral: choir
Coral: undersea deposit
