Misused Words and Confused Words

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TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2

Commonly Misused Words

Accept, except
Accept             : is a verb meaning to receive.
Except             : is usually a preposition meaning excluding.

Example
  • Mina has been accepted in Berlin Company.
  • All students get a low score in math except Ana.

There, their, they’re
There               : it is for specifying place; it also an expletive; the opposite of here.
Their                : possessive pronoun, telling the reader what they own.
They’re            : is a contraction of they are.

Example
  •  There are seven colors in the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

  •  She was waiting out there for an hour.

  • Farid and Farah will celebrate their wedding next week.

  • We are spending our holiday in Bali.

      To, too, two
To                    : a preposition
Too                  : an adverb; usually used as also when adding or including some additional information.
Two                 : a number.

Example
  •   I will go to your birthday party tonight.
  •   The party has ended two hours ago.
  •   It was too late to come to the party. 

       Here, hear
 Here                : means at, in, or toward a place.
 Hear                : means to perceive sound or to listen.
                     
Example
  •  We have been living here since two years ago.
  • I’m glad to hear that you’ve been accepted in the company.
 
      Whose, who’s
Whose             : is the possessive form of who. It means belonging to whom.
Who’s              : is a contraction of either who is or who has.

Example
  •             The doctor is with a patient whose leg was broken in an accident.
  • Who’s she? Is she a new student here? 
 
      Weather, whether
Weather           : noun; it refers to climate. Verb; it means to withstand something.
Whether          : a conjunction which joins two words or phrases together.

Example
  •              The anchorman will announce today's weather soon.
  •               She will receive it whether she like it or not.


      Assistance, assistants
Assistance       : help or aid. Assistants        : people who provide help.

Example
  •              This assignment could not be finish without assistance.

  •              The assistants had been trained in a month.

     
Confusingly Related Words

        Can/may
  Can                  : verb; to have ability to do something.
  May                 : verb; to express permission or possibility.

  Example
  •         He can speak four languages, English, Mandarin, Spanish, and Japanese.
  •          May I know your name? 

  Fewer/less

  Fewer              : adjective; used with items that can be counted and plural nouns.
  Less                 : adjective; used with mass items that cannot be counted and singular nouns.

  Example
  •         She has fewer books than mine.
  •     She wants a coffee with less sugar in it.
 
          He/him/himself
    He                   : pronoun; the subject of clause or a complement pronoun.
          Him                 : pronoun; a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition.
          Himself           : pronoun; a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize or refer back to the subject.

   Example
  •   He has been selected as our school representative for the National Olympic in Bandung.
  •   I told him to borrow me his novel.
  •    He himself writes this novel.
 
              Good/well
   Good               : adjective; meaning of favorable quality in describing a noun or pronoun; meaning fit,
wholesome, or healthy spirit in describing a person’s well-being.
   Well                 : adverb; meaning satisfactorily, skillfully in describing an action; adjective; meaning a fit,  healthy in describing a person’s health.

Example
  •         He is good in playing soccer.
  •     They serve their customers well.
 
                 I/me/myself
I                       : pronoun; a subject of a clause or a complement pronoun.
Me                   : pronoun; a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition.
Myself             : pronoun; a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize or refer back to the subject.

     Example
  •         I am studying English now.
  •         He said that he was planning to play soccer with me.
  •     I have to take care of myself.
 
              Shall/will
      Shall                : helping verb; denotes future time in the first in formal writing.
      Will                 : helping verb; used with all three persons in business style.

   Example
  •                We shall do our assignment tomorrow.
  •              I will send you an email tonight.

             That/which
      That                 : pronoun; refers to animals or things; introduce a restrictive essential subordinate clause.
      Which              : pronoun; refers to animals or things; introduce a nonrestrictive or nonessential subordinate clause.

  Example 
  •        My boss bought a car that cost ten thousand dollars.
  •       The last record which produced by our company is became a gold record.







Sources:


http://wsuonline.weber.edu/wrh/words.htm
http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/Hear-And-Here.htm
http://grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/whos_whose.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0200807.html
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/weather-vs-whether.html
http://grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/assistance_assistants.htm
http://www.liberty.edu/media/2030/Commonly%20Misused%20Words.ppt
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/e/estenson/Archive/MGMT%20102/HOW/HOW%2012%20Confused-Missused.pptx
 

 
 



 
 
 
 
 



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