USAGE

Accept / Except Accept (vb) – to

receive; to agree to

Please accept this gift.

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Except (prep) – but; to leave out.

Everyone is here except you.

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Your/You’re Your- the

possessive form of you

Your arguments are convincing

You’re contraction of you are.

You’re doing a fabulous job!

Their

Their There They’re Possessive form of they

Ex: A hurricane damaged their house

In or at that place

Ex: Put your book there

Contraction of they are

Ex: They’re our next door neighbors

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Theirs/ There’s Theirs – possessive

form of “they” used as a pronoun.

Theirs is the house with the green shutters.

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There’s – contraction of “there is” or “there are”

There’s been an accident.

There’s your friend Chad

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Affect/Effect Affect (vb) to

cause a change or influence

Your decision will affect us.

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Effect (n) result; verb to bring about

The plan will have a positive effect on you.

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To/Two/TooTo Two Too

In the direction of; can also be part of the infinitive verb

Ex1: James walks to school Ex2: She likes to study

The number after one

Ex; We have two puppies

Very; also

Ex: The soup is too salty

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A lot A lot – ALWAYS

two words; means “a large amount

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Brake/Break• Brake (vb) to slow

down (noun) a device for

stopping Push on the brake if

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• Break (noun)= a short rest (vb) to shatter; to force through

• You can have a break after you finish cooking.

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Choose/ChoseChoose is the base

form; chose is past tense. The parts are choose, choosing, chose, chosen.

Please choose a poem to recite in class

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Chose – past tense of choose

I chose to read a poem by Emily Dickenson

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Clothes Clothes – what

you wear Please hang your

clothes on the hanger

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Cloths – pieces of fabric

Use these cloths to wash the car

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Good/Well • Good (adj) use

before nouns, after linking verbs to modify a subject.

• You look good in that costume.

• George played a good game today

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• Well (adv) modifies action verbs; (adj) = in good health

• Joby plays the piano well

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Here/HearHere (adv) in or at

this place

Please put your books in here.

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Hear (verb) – to be aware of sound by means of the ear.

I can hear you perfectly well.

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Its/ It’s Its – the possessive

form of itThe dishwasher

has finished its cycle

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It’s – a contraction of it is or it has

It’s (it is) raining again

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Knew/NewKnew – the past

tense of knowI knew the answer

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New- unused or unfamiliar

I need a new pencil

There’s a new student in our class.

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Loose/Lose• Loose (asj) – free;

not firmly attached; not tight

• The button came loose from my shirt.

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• Lose (verb) to misplace; to fail to win.

• If we lose this game, our season is over.

• Do not lose your homework.

Passed/Past • Passed is the past

tense and past participle of the verb pass.

• We passed your house on the way to school.

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• Past- can be an adjective, a preposition or a noun.

• This past week has been busy for me. (adj)

• We drove past your house (prep)

• At what time did you drive past? (adv)

• I love stories about the past. (noun)

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Plane/Plain

Plane- airplane; a two dimensional figure.

Did you hear about the plane that landed in the Hudson ?

How did you find the area of the plane?

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Plain – not fancy; clear; large area of flat land

He wore a plain blue shirt.

The solution is plain to me.

Buffalo once roamed the plains.

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Real/Really Real – An adjective;

use it before nouns and after linking verbs to modify the subject.

Winona has real music talent

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Really- an adverb; use it to modify action verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

She is really talented.

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Then/ ThanThen (adv) “at that

time”My mother was a

young girl then.

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Than (conjunction) used to introduce the second part of a comparison

LaTrista is taller than Latoya

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Who’s/WhoseWho’s a

contraction of “who is” or “who has”

Who’s (Who is) conducting the orchestra?

Who’s (who has) read this book?

Whose- possessive form of who

Whose umbrella is this?

Reason is because Don’t use because after reason is. Use that

after reason is or because alone.

The reason I’m tired is that I didn’t sleep well last night.

I’m tired because I didn’t sleep well last night.

Weather/WhetherWeather- the

condition of the atmosphere

The weather in Portland is mild and rainy

Whether- if: also used to introduce the 1st of two choices

Tell me whether you can go.

I can’t decide whether to go or stay.