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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 1 of 6
ACCEPT, EXCEPT "We accept your invitation to your party, except for Bill, who will be away on that day." ADAPT, ADEPT, ADOPT "Some people cannot adapt to new surroundings." ADVERSE, AVERSE "I'm very much averse to making a long, arduous journey under such adverse weather conditions." ADVICE, ADVISE "His advice was that we should advise everybody to either stay away or be extremely careful." AFFECT, EFFECT "Bad weather will affect the quality of the fruit." ALREADY, ALL READY "Are you already packed?" ALTOGETHER, ALL TOGETHER "It's altogether too bad you can't come." ALL RIGHT, ALRIGHT ALLUDE, ELUDE ALLUSION, ILLUSION ALL WAYS, ALWAYS ANNUAL, ANNUL ANYONE, ANY ONE "Does anyone else want to come?" APPRAISE, APPRISE "I will appraise the situation and immediately apprise everybody of my conclusions." Please don't make your character say or write anything like this, though--unless you want him to sound like a pompous twit! ASCENT, ASSENT ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANTS ASSURE, ENSURE, INSURE "I assure you there's no call for alarm." About The Author
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