Flashcards Writing
affect
illusion allusion allusion means “an indirect reference” illusion means “a false or imaginary thing”
all ready
already
already indicates finished action (adv.)
all ready indicates prepared to act (adj.)
effect means “a result” (n.)
except indicates exclusion
accept indicates inclusion
accept
effect affect means “to influence” (v.)
except
number
anxious eager eager indicates happy desire anxious indicates nervous worry
take
bring
bring indicates motion toward
take indicates motion away from
amount measures things you cannot count
among relates things in groups of 3 or more
between relates things in pairs of 2
between
amount number measures things you can count
among
conscious means “awake and aware” (adj.) conscience means “a moral awareness” (n.)
desert
desert is a place
dessert is food
definitive can mean “clearly defined, certain” or “highly respected, official”
complement means “a thing that makes some other thing complete”
“clearly defined, certain”
conscious “a remark of praise”
compliment
dessert
definite means
definite
complement conscience compliment means
definitive
eminent means “distinguished in height or reputation”
everyday imminent means “about to happen”
eminent
every day
every day means “daily” (adv.)
disinterested
imminent uninterested indicates apathy
disinterested indicates fairness
unintereseted
everyday means “ordinary” (adj.)
different than when comparing concepts and conditions
different from when comparing people and things
different from
different than
everyone
further farther farther describes quantitative distance (“how far”) further describes qualitative degree (“how much”)
less fewer fewer measures quantity in number of items (can be counted) less measures quantity in amount of stuff (can’t be counted)
its
it’s
it’s is a contraction of “it is” or “it has”
its is the possessive form of “it”
every one is whatever it’s “of”
everyone is people
every one
past
principal principle principle means “basic truth” (n.) principal means “most important (adj.) or “school head” (n.)
irregardless
regardless
regardless means “without regard”
irregardless is not a word
passed can function as a past-tense verb but nothing else
whom is an object form (him, her, them, us)
who is a subject form (he, she, they, we)
who
passed past can function as a noun, adjective, adverb, preposition, but never as a verb
whom
than
try and try to try to means “to make an effort” try and should be rewritten as “try to”
whether
weather
weather indicates meteorological conditions
whether indicates alternative possibilities
then indicates time or sequence
stationery indicates office supplies
stationary indicates lack of movement
stationary
then than indicates comparison
stationery
you’re is a contraction of “you are”
each other
each other
indicates relationship among more than two
one another
your is the possessive form of “you”
you’re
one another
indicates relationship between two
should have
your should of is an incorrect way of writing “should’ve”
is the possessive form of “who” or “which”
whose
is a contraction of “who is” or “who has”
who’s
who’s
should of should have is a past tense form of “shall” that can be contracted “should’ve”
whose
that indicates a specific thing
former
former indicates the first of two things which indicates information about a specific thing
that
latter
latter indicates the second of two things
beside
which besides means “in addition to”
assure indicates guarantee with certainty with a desire to instill confidence in others
insure indicates guarantee with certainty
insure
besides beside means “at the side of”
assure
alot is not a word
they’re is a contraction of “they are” their is the possessive form of “they” there indicates a location
to
a lot
alternative
alternate
alternative indicates a choice
they’re
too
alot a lot indicates a large amount
their
two
alternate indicates a replacement
there
to means “for” too means “also” or “excessively” two is a number
lose
may can can indicates ability may indicates possibility
well
good
good is an adjective describing what something is
well is an adverb describing how something is done
loose means “not tight” (adj.)
infer means “to conclude from evidence”
imply means “to hint at”
imply
loose lose means “to misplace” (v.)
infer
compare to
lay lay means “to place or put” lie means “to rest”
continuous
continual
continual means “one after another”
continuous means “non-stop”
compare with highlights how similar things are unlike
none refers to more than two things
neither refers to two things
neither
lie compare to highlights how unlike things are similar
none
compare with
since because because indicates cause since indicates time
rise raise raise is done to a thing rise is done by a thing
illusion allusion allusion means “an indirect reference” illusion means “a false or imaginary thing”
all ready
already
already indicates finished action (adv.)
all ready indicates prepared to act (adj.)
effect means “a result” (n.)
except indicates exclusion
accept indicates inclusion
accept
effect affect means “to influence” (v.)
except
number
anxious eager eager indicates happy desire anxious indicates nervous worry
take
bring
bring indicates motion toward
take indicates motion away from
amount measures things you cannot count
among relates things in groups of 3 or more
between relates things in pairs of 2
between
amount number measures things you can count
among
conscious means “awake and aware” (adj.) conscience means “a moral awareness” (n.)
desert
desert is a place
dessert is food
definitive can mean “clearly defined, certain” or “highly respected, official”
complement means “a thing that makes some other thing complete”
“clearly defined, certain”
conscious “a remark of praise”
compliment
dessert
definite means
definite
complement conscience compliment means
definitive
eminent means “distinguished in height or reputation”
everyday imminent means “about to happen”
eminent
every day
every day means “daily” (adv.)
disinterested
imminent uninterested indicates apathy
disinterested indicates fairness
unintereseted
everyday means “ordinary” (adj.)
different than when comparing concepts and conditions
different from when comparing people and things
different from
different than
everyone
further farther farther describes quantitative distance (“how far”) further describes qualitative degree (“how much”)
less fewer fewer measures quantity in number of items (can be counted) less measures quantity in amount of stuff (can’t be counted)
its
it’s
it’s is a contraction of “it is” or “it has”
its is the possessive form of “it”
every one is whatever it’s “of”
everyone is people
every one
past
principal principle principle means “basic truth” (n.) principal means “most important (adj.) or “school head” (n.)
irregardless
regardless
regardless means “without regard”
irregardless is not a word
passed can function as a past-tense verb but nothing else
whom is an object form (him, her, them, us)
who is a subject form (he, she, they, we)
who
passed past can function as a noun, adjective, adverb, preposition, but never as a verb
whom
than
try and try to try to means “to make an effort” try and should be rewritten as “try to”
whether
weather
weather indicates meteorological conditions
whether indicates alternative possibilities
then indicates time or sequence
stationery indicates office supplies
stationary indicates lack of movement
stationary
then than indicates comparison
stationery
you’re is a contraction of “you are”
each other
each other
indicates relationship among more than two
one another
your is the possessive form of “you”
you’re
one another
indicates relationship between two
should have
your should of is an incorrect way of writing “should’ve”
is the possessive form of “who” or “which”
whose
is a contraction of “who is” or “who has”
who’s
who’s
should of should have is a past tense form of “shall” that can be contracted “should’ve”
whose
that indicates a specific thing
former
former indicates the first of two things which indicates information about a specific thing
that
latter
latter indicates the second of two things
beside
which besides means “in addition to”
assure indicates guarantee with certainty with a desire to instill confidence in others
insure indicates guarantee with certainty
insure
besides beside means “at the side of”
assure
alot is not a word
they’re is a contraction of “they are” their is the possessive form of “they” there indicates a location
to
a lot
alternative
alternate
alternative indicates a choice
they’re
too
alot a lot indicates a large amount
their
two
alternate indicates a replacement
there
to means “for” too means “also” or “excessively” two is a number
lose
may can can indicates ability may indicates possibility
well
good
good is an adjective describing what something is
well is an adverb describing how something is done
loose means “not tight” (adj.)
infer means “to conclude from evidence”
imply means “to hint at”
imply
loose lose means “to misplace” (v.)
infer
compare to
lay lay means “to place or put” lie means “to rest”
continuous
continual
continual means “one after another”
continuous means “non-stop”
compare with highlights how similar things are unlike
none refers to more than two things
neither refers to two things
neither
lie compare to highlights how unlike things are similar
none
compare with
since because because indicates cause since indicates time
rise raise raise is done to a thing rise is done by a thing
