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.

4. 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.

5. Allude v.s. Elude v.s. Refer
Allude (v.): to refer to casually or indirectly
Example: The lotus flower from
Homer’s The Odyssey is alluded to
in the movie Percy Jackson and the
Lightning Thief.
Elude (v. with object): to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery; to escape understanding
Example: The criminal tried to elude capture.

6. Allude v.s. Elude v.s. Refer (cont.)
Refer (v.): to direct for information on anything required.
Example: My teacher referred me to my textbook to find the definition of the vocabulary term.