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COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS IN ENGLISH

In this post, we will be learning some of the most confusing pair of words COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS IN ENGLISH which are generally wrongly used in writing and speaking.

Already

Already is an adverb. If something has already happened, it has happened before the present time:

I’ve already completed the project.

All ready

In the phrase all ready, all is a quantifier meaning the whole of a group or a thing, and ready is an adjective:

Are you all ready to go?

Alter [ऑल्टर] – बदलना

Alter is a verb, meaning ‘to change’:

Nothing can alter his mind.

Altar [ऑल्टर] – अग्निहोत्र का स्थान / वेदी

An altar is the holy table / place in a church / temple

The priest stood in front of the altar.

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COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS IN ENGLISH

Its

Its means ‘belonging to it’:

The dog wagged its tail.

It’s

It’s means ‘it is / was / has’:

It’s going to be difficult to fit in all this work.

Licence

Licence is a noun:

I showed him my driving licence.

License

License is a verb:

They have not been licensed to serve alcohol.

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Site – A site is an area that is used for a particular purpose or where something happens:

He works on a building site.

This is the site of the explosion.

Sight – Sight is the ability to see, and a sight is something you can see:

She lost her sight in an accident.

I faint at the sight of blood.

Stationery [स्टैशनेरी] – लेखन–सामग्री

Stationery is a noun meaning ‘paper, envelopes, and writing equipment’:

Envelopes are kept in the stationery cupboard.

Stationary [स्टैशनेरी] – अचल

Stationary is an adjective meaning ‘not moving’:

I drove into a stationary vehicle.