Distinguish Between Commonly Confused Words

Please read the information provided, then complete the assignment by underlining the correct word from the two in parentheses. The last ten items will require additional research if you don't know the words.

Here are some principles to guide your usage of some the following words:-

Use accept to mean to receive and except to mean with the exclusion of.

Use affect to mean to influence or to have an effect on, and effect to mean impact * (or to produce a result)affect is usually used as a verb and effect used as a noun with few exceptions.

Use between when referring to two items, and among when referring to more than two items.

Use can to refer to ability, and may to refer to permission.

Use cheap to refer to something that is of inferior quality, and inexpensive to mean something that costs little money.

Use discover to refer to the act of finding something out or to mean to learn something previously unknown, and use invent to refer to the act of originating something new.

Use explicit to mean specific, and implicit to mean capable of being understood from something else that is not expressed outright.

Use imply to mean state indirectly, and infer to mean to draw a conclusion.

Use tasteful to refer to good taste [etiquette], and tasty to refer to something that tastes good or that is delicious.

Use uninterested to mean a lack of interest, and disinterested to mean objective or unbiased.

Underline the word in parentheses that you would use in each sentence.

1. She (accepted, excepted) the award and thanked everyone (accept, except) the producer.
2. The teacher (affected, effected) his students greatly, such that the students always mentioned the (affect, effect) he had on their development.
3. Are you deciding (between, among) red or green bananas or (among, between) red, green and yellow.
4. Ive scaled higher mountains than this, so Im sure I (can, may) scale this one; only a few others and I know the hidden path, but I (can, may) not reveal this.
5. The table was (cheap, inexpensive) but has great style; the chairs cost a fortune but look (cheap, inexpensive).
6. We (discover, invent) uncharted lands but (discover, invent) computer programs.
7. He was direct and (explicit, implicit) in his denial of the crime but was vague and only (explicit, implicit) concerning his whereabouts.
8. She (implied, inferred) that she would seek a divorce; we can only (imply, infer) from her subsequent actions that she meant every word she said.
9. The wedding was (tasteful, tasty) but the food was not particularly (tasteful, tasty).
10. The student seemed (disinterested, uninterested) in the lecture. The teacher was (disinterested, uninterested) in the grade she would receive at the end of the semester.
11. She thanked him for the (amount, number) of work he did, but said that he would get paid for only a certain (amount, number) of days.
12. The order that (stationary, stationery) barriers should be erected, was written on the companys (stationary, stationery)
13. Last year the company was (cited, sited) for numerous violations, so the management decided to choose a new (cite, site) for the factory.
14. They refused to compromise on their (principals, principles) which is the (principal, principle) reason they decided to look for another job.
15. If (youre, your) planning to be at the reception, then be sure to take (youre, your) camera.
16. (There, their, theyre) mother insists that (there, their, theyre) better off over (there, their, theyre).
17. In the (passed, past) week, I( passed, past) the house many times.
18. I will go to the game (weather, whether) the (weather, whether) is fair or not.
19. . The runner will (lose, loose) the race because his shoelace is too (lose, loose).
20. I doubt that you would find (deserts, desserts) like ice-cream in the (desert, dessert).