confusing words

[Tan]

Effect and Affect:


The main use
of 'affect' - with an 'a' - is as a verb meaning to have an influence.
So you could say: 'Your emotional state affects how you remember
things'.

The word with an 'e' - effect - is usually used as a noun and
it means the result of an influence.
So: 'What effect will the new law
have on road use?'


the problem is these
two words are spelt very similarly, often pronounced the same, but
their meanings are also very similar - one's a noun, one's a verb.

Under,below and beneath:

under' and
'below',Both of these words can mean 'in a lower position than', so they mean the same thing. But we use them
sometimes in different circumstances,

for example, if you're talking
about something being covered by something, we use 'under'. So, 'I hid
the key under a rock'.

You use
'' below"when you're talking about something that's not physically
immediately under, or not necessarily immediately under.
So you say,
'below the surface of the water'. That might be anywhere below the
surface of the water, not necessarily just touching it. we say things like, 'below the poverty line'.

even beneath is more formal word to below.


climate and weather:
climate is the physical feature of that place..
weather is the changing climate of that place.
for ex:chennai climate is very sultry.That means feature of chennai is sultry..
but weather is day to day change in temperature conditions.
like today weather is very windy.



Edited by: cishawsharma

[meera]

hi cishawsharma,


Very informative .Keep posting

[Tan]

difference between neither and either...
either:
i want to tell this with an example

you are going
shopping with your mother, she wants to buy a new blouse. You go to the
shop and she sees two blouses that she likes. She holds them up and
shows you and asks you which one your prefer, which one should she buy?



You look at them and think for a while and you decide that both
blouses are good, it doesn't matter which one she buys, both are OK In
this case you could say to your mother - 'Either', 'either one is OK'.



neither:

for the above example
if you dont like both the things then you will say
neither is good.
or we can say that i neither like chicken nor mutton but i like fish.


so neither and either are both opposites..

[Tan]

Many get confused with Week and Weak..
Even i think twice before writing that word..
i hope u folks know the difference between them.

[Tan]

bought:past tense of buy
ex:he bought two shirts in a sale
brought:past tense of verb bring
she brought lots of fruits to the party.

[winner]

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[yaadien]

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[Vision]

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[csekayal]

THANK U


PLZ KEEP IT UP


VERY INFORMATIVE

[Spoorthi]

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[Tan]

look see and watch:

'Look', 'see'
and 'watch' seem very similar, they all talk about different ways of
using your eyes.
When we say 'see' we are normally talking about things we can't
avoid – so for example, "I opened the curtains and saw some birds
outside." - I didn't intend to see them, it just happened.

However,
when we use the verb 'look', we're talking about seeing something with
an intention. So, "this morning I looked at the newspaper" – I intended
to see the newspaper.


When we watch something, we intend to look at it but we're also
looking at it quite intensely, usually because it's moving. So, for
example, "I watched the bus go through the traffic lights." "I watched
the movie." We want to see it, we're looking at it intensely and it's
normally moving.



When we use verbs of the senses, and this group, 'look', 'see' and 'watch' are verbs of visual sense

[Tan]

heard and listen

"I heard the
radio." - I didn't intend to, it just happened,
"I listened to the
radio" - I switched it on to find my favourite programme

[Tan]

feel and touch

"I
felt the wind on my face." - I didn't intend to feel this, it just
happened
"I touched the fabric." - I intended to feel the fabric.

[Tan]

should and must:


I should have finished this work by now



OR



I should have studied harder for my exams.



In both the sentences above, the speaker might be expressing regret and/or criticism for not having done something.



We also use should have to express unfulfilled obligations, for example:



He should have helped his mother carry the shopping.



Now 'must have' is used to express something that the speaker has deduced or is certain about in relation to the past.



For example, if you wake up in the morning and you see the ground is wet outside, you might say:



"It must have rained overnight".



So let's look at a sentence with both should have and must have in it...



priya should have arrived by now; she must have missed the bus".



In this situation, we would expect priya to have arrived by now, but
as she hasn't, we come to the conclusion that her lateness is due her
having missed the bus.

[Rena]

HI Sharma,


Very informative.Thanks.Actually we know where to use those words.But the correct meaning and usage is now clear.Thanks.