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Flashcards by Hanin Lewa, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hanin Lewa
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Accept Except | accept- receiving something willingly- ex. i accept your apology except- the exclusion of something- ex. nothing mattered except that she was alive. |
| to too two | to- direction- ex. let's go to the Byward market too- a lot of something- ex. i had too much ice cream two- number- ex. i had 2 of those already. |
| that which | that- essential info- ex. i loved the doll that my mom gave me. which- for non essential info- ex. can you give me back the book which my sister lent you last week. |
| than then | then- explaining a sequence, process in time- we went to the movies then we had dinner. than- comparison between things- ex. the first sequel was better than the second. more than less than. |
| affect effect | affect- verb, to produce a change in something- he affected us negatively effect- noun, the change itself- the effect of this movie left me thinking about the topic all night. |
| there their they're | there (where something is) their (possession of something) they're (contraction of they are) |
| uninterested disinterested | uninterested (no care in the subject whatsoever) disinterested (no bias, fair) |
| emigrate immigrate | emigrate (moving out a country) immigrate (moving in to a country) |
| fewer less | fewer (used when referring to amounts or something that can be counted)- I need to eat something with fewer calories. less (used to refer to something that can't be counted)- I had a less positive result |
| allusion illusion | allusion (indirect reference) illusion (false appearance) |
| whether weather | weather (atmospheric conditions) whether (having a choice between 2 things) |
| loose lose | loose lose |
| its it's | its is possessive/ownership it's is a contraction of it is |
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