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Sunday, 19 October 2014

Words which often confuse you in English

1. ACCEDE AND EXCEED
Accede means "to agree or allow": Hiram Cheaply finally acceded to accepting the presidency of the company.
Exceed means "to go beyond, to surpass": The amount of alcohol in his blood exceeded the previous record.

 2. ADAPT , ADEPT AND ADOPT
Adapt means "to adjust": Swati quickly adapted to living away from home.
Adept means "skilled": Parul is adept at speaking languages.
Adopt means to "accept as your own": It was difficult to adopt only one puppy from the animal shelter.

 3. AFFECT AND EFFECT
Affect is most often used as a verb meaning "to influence": The president's speech affected his views of the upcoming election.
The verb effect means "to cause": Batting her eyes so flirtatiously effected a strong desire in Rajiv to embrace Shruti .

4. ASCENT, ASSENT & ACCENT
Ascent is an upward movement: Leo's ascent to the presidency of the company came slowly.
Assent means "to agree to": Geeta could not begin the project unless management assented.
Accent is the way in which people in a particular area, country or social group pronounce words.

 5.BAITED AND BATED
Baited usually refers to traps: Baiting deer in order to hunt them is illegal in most states.
Bated is seldom used but means "reduced, abated": Jessica bated her pace to let her running mate catch up.

6.BESIDE AND BESIDES
Beside means "next to": Place the dishes beside the sink.
Besides is an adverb or preposition that means "also, additionally": I would enjoy going on a vacation besides.

7.BELIEF AND BELIEVE
Belief is a noun: He had strong beliefs.
Believe is a verb: She believes she can do anything.

8.BLONDE AND BLOND
Blonde describes women: Priyanka have just as much fun as blondes (blonde women).
Blond describes men: Raghu was not a natural blond. This distinction is not necessary though: blond is now generally accepted for both men and women.

 9. BREATH AND BREATHE
Breath is a noun meaning "the air pulled into the lungs": Take a deep breath and relax.
Breathe, with an E on the end, is a verb: Just breathe deeply and calm down.

10. BRIDAL AND BRIDLE
Bridal has to do a bride and her wedding: June May threw her bridal bouquet to the screaming crowd of single women.
A bridle is a halter or restraint, such as a horse bridle: Old Frosty didn't like the bridle over his head.


Try them. Till you get familiar with these words we will come again with another set of confusing words!

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