Learn list of 20+ English Word Pairs that Confuse Absolutely Everyone. Commonly Confused Words in English.
Commonly Confused Words
TO vs. FOR
TOO vs. ENOUGH
GO vs. COME
HOW MUCH vs. HOW MANY
- MUCH is used with uncountable nouns (a large amount of something), such as tea, sugar, water, air, rice, knowledge, beauty, anger, fear, love, money, etc. When using much, the noun will always be singular; it cannot be plural.
- MANY is used with countable nouns(a large number of things) such as book, idea,dog,car,etc. When using many, the noun will always be plural.
BETWEEN vs. AMONG
HOUSE vs. HOME
NEITHER vs. EITHER
- Neither can also be followed by (one) of + group of two: “Neither of them is ready”.
- Neither… nor is equivalent to not… either… or: “Neither John nor Sophia will be there”.
- Neither is used like not… either: “I don’t speak English. Neither do I – (informal): Me neither”.
- Either can also be followed by (one) of + group of two: “Either of us could do it”.
- Either… or is used to offer a choice between two possibilities: “Either John or Sophia will be there”.
- Not… either… or denies both possibilities: “I don’t think either John or Sophia will be there”.
- Not… either is used after a negative statement: “I don’t speak English. You don’t either”.
EVERY DAY vs. EVERYDAY
CAN vs. COULD
BEEN TO vs. GONE TO
DURING vs. WHILE
ON TIME vs. IN TIME
MISS vs. LOSE
BY vs. UNTIL
I WISH vs. IF ONLY
HAVE vs. HAVE GOT
RAISE vs. RISE
ONLY vs. JUST
HAVE vs. HAVE GOT
LIKE vs. AS
JOB vs. WORK
