Confusingly Related Words
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Live – Stay
Live means stay in a long time.
Stay means live in place temporarily as a guest or visitor.
Ø Where do you live?
Ø I will stay at the
hotel for two days.
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Say – Tell
Say means speak or tell something to somebody.
Tell means give information about something.
Ø He said that he
love me.
Ø She told me that
she would come in 30 minutes.
·
Remind – Remember
Remind means help somebody to remember something important
that they mush do.
Remember means have or keep an image in your memory.
Ø Remaind me to return your money.
Ø I don’t remember to
close the door.
·
Ride – Drive
Ride means sit on a horse and control it as it moves.
Drive means operate and control a vehicle.
Ø I want to ride a
Horse.
Ø Can you drive a
truck?
·
Borrow – Lend
Borrow means use something that belongs to somebody else.
Lend means give the use of something to somebody for a short
time.
Ø She borrowed my
money yesterday.
Ø She lends me some
books today.
Commonly misused words
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Hear – Here
Hear means pay attention to somebody.
Here means in, at or to this place.
Ø Do you hear me?
Ø I will stay here.
·
Male – Mail
Male means belonging to the sex that does not give birth.
Mail means official system used for sending and delivering letter,
packages, etc.
Ø Many said that a male
and female feeling are different.
Ø I don’t receive your mail.
·
There – Their
There means in, at or that place or position.
Their means det of or belonging to them.
Ø They are waiting you there.
Ø They have lost their
cat.
·
Too – Two
Too means to a higher degree than is allowed or desirable.
Two means number.
Ø You’re driving too
fast.
Ø I only have two
books.
·
Eye – I
Eye means a particular way of seeing something.
I means person who is the speaker or writer.
Ø She can do no wrong in his
eye.
Ø I am sorry to hear that.
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