1. Commonly misused words
Week 1

2. Accept v.s. Except Accept (v.): to take or receive something
Example: The daughter accepted
the gifts, rose, and kiss from her
mother.
Except (prep.): with the exclusion of; excluding
Example: You may use all electronic devices except for cell phones.

3. Affect v.s. Effect
Affect (v.): to act on, produce change; to impress the mind or move the feelings of
Example: The music affected him deeply, so deeply that he was moved to tears.
Effect (n.): something produced by a cause; consequence; result
Example: For many, the effect of smoking is cancer.

4. Break v.s. Brake Break (v.): to damage something
(n.): the damage itself
Example: My mom warned me that I
would break my arm if I wasn’t careful.
Brake (n.): a device that causes something to slow down
Example: I had to purchase a new set of brakes for my car.

5. Sight vs. Site vs. Cite Sight (n): refers to something that is
seen or the power or process
of seeing
Example: The sight of the fish made the cat hungry.
Site (n): the exact location of an event, structure, object, or other thing
Example: The site of the blue beach was amazing.

6. Sight vs. Site vs. Cite (cont.)
Cite (v): to quote; to mention in
support, proof, or confirmation
Example: This book explains how to
cite sources in a term paper.

7. Fair vs. fare Fair (adjective) Attractive; beautiful.
Example. Romeo experienced love at first sight when he saw the fair Juliet.
Light-colored.
Example. Her skin is so fair; she gets sun burned easily.
“Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
3. Legal; within bounds.
Example. The umpire determined the ball was fair, so the runner raced to first base.
4. Just; unbiased.
Example. Atticus Finch was know to be a fair man.

8. Fair vs. Fare Fair (Noun)
A church function or bazaar; a carnival
Example: I look forward to the Armada Fair every year.

9. Fair vs. Fare Fare (Noun) Money paid for transportation
example: The taxi fare was more than I thought it
would be.
2. Food served.
example: The health food restaurant served very
nutritious fare.