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1 - CONFUSING WORDS - Further & Farther:
Which one would complete this sentence:
He's incredibly bright, and his skills go much _____ than the basketball court.
(01) Further and farther, they are both comparative adverbs.(deióBôuf-KõmPéurêrêv-Âdvôrbs)
(02) The answer is further.
(03) He's incredibly bright, and his skills go much further than the basketball court.
(04) When you're talking about further, you're talking about a metaphorical or figurative distance.
(05) When we're talking about a phisical distance, we use farther, for example, "It was farther than I espected.", you're traveling to a place and you expected it to be 10 km, it ended up being 15 km and you could say wow "It was farther than I espected."
(06) When you're deciding between further and farther, remember that FAR relates to actual physical distance.
- I just wanted to further improve my English skills.
- I have nothing further to say.
- Further your career!
- Further your education!
- For further information, please visit our website!(further =additional)
- Further topics will be covered next week!(further =additional)
- Most experts now agree that there will be further rises, but disagree about their extent.(further =additional)
- The International Court of Hague rejected an attempt by New Zealand to stop further French nuclear tests in the South Pacific.(further =additional)
- He jumped 2cm farther.(measurable distance)
- Rachel traveled farther than Sean.(measurable distance)
2 - CONFUSING WORDS - Elicit and Illicit:
(01) Elicit(eLêssêt) and illicit(eLêssêt), these are pretty much homonyms(rrõmêNêms), so they're commonly confused, they spelled differently but they're pronounced the same especially in American English.
(02) The word ELICIT is a verb, the word ILLICIT is a adjective.
(03) The verb ELICIT means to you are provoking a response, some kind of response from another person, means to draw out a response from someone.
(04) The adjective ILLICIT is talking about something that is(Sãmtêndérêz) illegal, forbidden, forbidden by laws, forbidden by rulles, forbidden by custom.
- The teacher elicits definitions from the students.(to elicit = to extract)
- Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet?(to elicit = to obtain)
- They were able to elicit the support of the public.(to elicit = to obtain)
- The program has also elicited both positive and negative responses.(to elicit = to obtain, generate)
- Rachel was worried about his illicit behavior.
- The illicit trade in stolen vehicles.
- Illicit sale.
- Illicit profit.
- Illicit trade.
3 - CONFUSING WORDS - Averse & Adverse:
(01) Adverse(édVôrs) and Averse(aVôrs), these words are not homonyms(rrõmêNêms), but they are also commonly confused.
(02) So if we're talking about a AVERSE, it is an adjective that you have a strong dislike to something. You don't really like it you have an opposition to it.
(03) Adverse is also an adjective, it means harmful, unfavorable.
- I was averse to ideia of eating cereal for dinner. (averse to = opposed to)
- Few politicians are averse to appearing on television.
- Adverse weather conditions.
- Adverse effects.
- Adverse side effects.
- The match has been cancelled because of adverse weather conditions.
- We may encounter adverse weather conditions.
- So far the drug is thought not to have any adverse effects.
4 - CONFUSING WORDS - Sympathy & Empathy:
(01) Sympathy(símpafi) and Empathy(empafi), these words are not homonyms(rrõmêNêms), but they are also commonly confused.
(02) So these are both nouns.
(03) So let's look at SYMPATHY first. Sympathy it is a feeling of pity, sympathy it is a feeling of sorrow because somebody has misfortune or they are suffering in some way, you feel bad for them and you show sympathy.
(04) So for example, "They expressed their heartfelt sympathy", in this case, they feel for that person because they're struggling with something.
(05) So, EMPATHY is you're able to understand and share the same feelings because you know what it is like, you've had the same hardships, you've had similar problems.
(06) Their strict behavior implied that the policeman didn't have much sympathy for drug dealer's illicit activities.
(07) The reason is because they're police officers(pôLís-Ófêssôrs), you would think the most police officers they don't know what it's like to deal drugs(dêirõNôu-uórêzLáik-thidhíu-drós), they don't know what it's like to go to jail, so they can't show empathy, they didn't have much sympathy for the drug dealers, for the illicit activities.
5 - CONFUSING WORDS - Imply & Infer:
(01) Imply and Infer, they are both verbs.
(02) To imply is to indicate the truth by suggesting something.
(03) To infer means to interpret or conclude.
(04) Imply and infer, think of them as opposite of each other.(fênkôVêm-éZÂpóssêt-viTchádôr)
(05) So for example think of somebody speaking and somebody listening(Lêssênén), the person who is speaking might imply something, they are suggesting something. The person who is listening would infer something, they're hearing the information and they would draw some conclusion.
(06) So to imply is to suggest something(SôguêdjésSãmtêm), to infer is they're receiving some information and they're coming to some conclusion based on what they see or based on what they hear.(Bêistõn-uódêissi)
(07) So for example, "He kept looking away, which implied he wasn't telling the truth.", so the person looking away was doing this action, they weren't looking at them, that suggested, that implied that he wasn't.
(07) So for example, "He couldn't look me in the eye, so I inferred that he wasn't telling the truth.", we use infer because infer is to make some kind of conclusion about some information based on what we see or based on what we hear.
(08) Their strict behavior implied that the policeman didn't have much sympathy for drug dealer's illicit activities.
(09) If you're implying then you're the one kind of doing the talking, you're the action, you're producing this information.
(10) If you inferred you're kind of on the receiving and you're making a conclusion about something.
6 - CONFUSING WORDS - Than & Then:
(01) Than is a preposition it's used to join two parts of comparison, so for exemple, a cheetah is faster than a lion, it's comparing two things, it's a comparative statement
(02) Then is an adverb, you're saying like 'at that time', it's talking about in the past or maybe in the future, so for example, I was working more often then at that time because it was the summer season.
7 - CONFUSING WORDS - Cereal & Serioul:
(01) It's another homonym, cereal(Síuriôu) and serial(Síuriôu).
(02) Cereal is a noun, it is a breakfast food, many people eat it for breakfast with milks.
(04) Serial is an adjective, it has a muliple meanings, you're talking about a place in a sequence, so for example, a serial number, it is a sequence of numbers, or you're talking about committing the same offense, so for example, Don't be a serial killer!
8 - CONFUSING WORDS - Sight, cite & Site:
(01) It's another homonym, cite(Sáit), sight(Sáit) and site(Sáit), (02) Cite is a verb, it means quote a passage, book, or author, so for example, you need to cite your sources, you need to say where you got the information from and make a reference to it, cite your sources..
(03) Site is a noun, it is area where something is built or where an activity occurs, webpage.
(04) Site, you're talking about an area where you could build something.
(05) Site, you're talking about an area where you could build something like a web page.
(06) Sight, you're talking about your ability to see, it is power or ability to see.
(07) In his report, he cites an obscure site talking about people who unexpectedly lose their sight.
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