Adverse and averse
Adverse: harmful or unfavorable
Averse: refers to feelings of dislike oropposition
"I have an aversion to adverse conditions."
Affect and effect
Affect: influence 动词
Effect: outcome 名词
Bring and take
You bring things here andyou take them there. You ask people to bring something to you, and you ask people to take something to someone or somewhere else.
“Can you bring an appetizer to John's party”?Nope.
Compliment and complement
Compliment: to say something nice
Complement: to add to, enhance, improve,complete, or bring close to perfection.
Criteria and criterion
Criterion: standard
Criteria: criterion的复数
Discreet and discrete
Discreet: careful, cautious, showing good judgment
Discrete: individual, separate, or distinct
Elicit and illicit
Elicit: to draw out or coax.
Illicit: illegal or unlawful
Farther and further
Farther involves a physical distance
Further involves a figurative distance
Fewer and less
Use fewer when referring to items you cancount, like “fewer hours” or “fewer dollars.”
Use “less” when referring to items you can’t (or haven’t tried to) count, like “less time” or “less money.”
Imply and infer
The speaker or writer implies, which means to suggest. The listener or reader infers, which means to deduce, whether correctly or not.
Insure and ensure
Insure refers to insurance. Ensure means to make sure.
Number and amount
Use number when you can count what you refer to: "The number of subscribers who opted out increased last month."
Amount refers to a quantity of something that can't be counted: "The amount of alcohol consumed at our last company picnic was staggering."
Precede and proceed
Precede: to come before.
Proceed: to begin or continue.
Principal and principle
A principle (原则) is a fundamental: "Our culture is based on a set of sharedprinciples."
Principal (重要) means primary or of first importance: "Our startup'sprincipal is located in NYC."
It's and its
It's = it is.
Its = owned by it
You're and your
You’re = you are
Your = owned by you
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