COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS AND CONFUSINGLY RELATED WORDS

COMMONLY MISUSED WORDS

There are a lot of words in English that look or sound alike but have very different meanings. Words that sound alike but are different in spelling, meaning or origin is called homophone. Writers often confuse and misuse these words. It’s helpful to use a dictionary to look up the meaning of the word in question. Here is the example of commonly misused words with definition.

1. Capital, Capitol:

Capital refers to a city, capitol to a building where lawmakers meet. Capital also refers to wealth or resources. 
- The capitol has undergone extensive renovations. ( gedung DPR telah mengalami renovasi besar-besaran.)
- The residents of the state capital protested the development plans.(Penduduk ibukota negara memprotes rencana pembangunan)

2. Accept, Except:

Accept is a verb meaning to receive. Except is usually a preposition meaning excluding. 
-I will accept all the packages . (Saya akan menerima semua paket)

Except is also a verb meaning to exclude. 
-Please except that item from the list.(Harap menerima barang yang berada di daftar)

3.everyone , every one: