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Interpreting - Translation
Confusing Words
Does “bored” mean the same as “boring”? What’s the difference between “funny” and “fun”? Here are some commonly confused English word pairs.


accept or except
     
action and campaign

ago and before
     
all ready and already

all ways and always
     
altar and alter

among and between
     
amount and number

appointment – date
     
back and backside

been and gone
     
before and in front of

beside and besides
     
borrow and lend

brave and well-behaved
     
bring up and educate

Briton and Britain
     
by and until

choose or chose
     
clothes and cloth

colleague and college
     
come and go

cooker and cook
     
critic and review

cuisine and kitchen
     
currant and current

desert and dessert
     
donate and spend

during and for
     
e.g. or i.e

effective and efficient
     
fabric and factory

felt or fell
     
female and feminine; male and masculine

finished and ready
     
fit and suit

foreigner and stranger
     
fun and funny

genie - genius
     
guilty - valid

happy or lucky
     
hard and hardly

high and highly
     
it's and its

lay and lie
     
less and fewer

little and few, a little and a few
     
lose and loose

made of - made from
     
marriage and wedding

much and many
     
news or message

open and opened
     
overtake and take over

past or passed
     
personal and personnel

politics and policy
     
practice and practise

prospect, prospectus and brochure
     
quiet and still

quite or quiet
     
salary and wages

sell and sale
     
sensible and sensitive

shade and shadow
     
technique and technology

temperature and fever
     
vacancy - vacation / holiday

watch and clock
     
whose or who's

wild and game
     
your or you're
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