When you are choosing the right word to say or to write it is quite understandable for you to hesitate and wonder whether to use ‘talk’ or ’speak,’watch’ or ’see.’
This week I wanted to give you a very small set of useful words with definitions. Please do reply to this blog with your own pairs of words or with questions about words.
Here are 3 sets of words:
Affect and Effect:
affect means ‘make a difference to’, whereas effect means ‘a result’ or ‘bring about (a result)’.
Desert and Dessert:
Dessert is a waterless area and dessert is thethe sweet course!
Councillor and Counsellor:
a councillor is a member of a council, whereas a counsellor is someone who gives guidance on personal or psychological problems.
Commonly confused words can be learned with a little help from a teacher and a little work from you. When you are not sure what they mean, do go to a dictionary and read their definitions. Remember, building your word power is an important step in your development as a language learner.
How about each other and one another?