Be sure to consult a dictionary as some of the words below have other meanings not described here.    

  1. everyday, every day: The adjective everyday means “commonplace or ordinary”; “suitable for routine occasions”. The phrase every day means “each day”.
         
          Though every day brings everyday occurrences, once in a while inexplicable things happen – if you but pay attention.

   2. everyone, every one: Everyone is an indefinite pronoun meaning “every person”; “everybody”. In the phrase every one, the pronoun one is modified by the adjective every to mean “each individual or thing in a particular group”.

          Everyone must continue working until every one of those rugs are cleaned.

  3. explicit, implicit: The adjective explicit means “expressed directly with clarity, forthrightness, and precision”. Implicit is an adjective that means “implied or unstated, though not directly expressed”.
         
          The chef gave explicit instructions on how to prepare the Lasagna.

          The disapproval was implicit in the way he shrugged his shoulders.


  For the rest of the words, click here...

FTP Consultancy

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. Please provide a link back to the FTP Blog or website from wherever you choose to use this essay.

Confusing Words 4.pdf
File Size:	76 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

---

Leave a Reply