Saturday, June 23, 2007

Common Mistakes


ACCEPT VS EXCEPT


Accept is a verb, which means to agree to take something .
For example: "I always accept good advice."

Except is a preposition or conjunction, which means not including.
For example: "I teach every day except Sunday(s)."


ADVICE VS ADVISE

Advice is a noun, which means an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation.
For example: "I need someone to give me some advice."


Advise is a verb, which means to give information and suggest types of action.
For example: "I advise everybody to be nice to their teacher."


Often in English the noun form ends in ...ice and the verb form ends in ...ise.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Could U show me how to distinguish between perfume and fragrance?
Thanks so much.
Carnation.

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

Perfume creates fragrance.