{"id":4536,"date":"2014-12-18T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2014-10-28T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T16:09:28","slug":"commonly-misunderstood-words-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/commonly-misunderstood-words-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonly misunderstood words in English"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Take a look at this great infographic from Gammar.net. This is a wonderful list of 10 very commonly misunderstood words in English. To help you better understand these words I have used all the words from this infographic in sentences below, in order to put them in context.<\/p>\n

1. The enormity<\/strong> of the villain in the story was extremely scary.
\n2. Jill looked nonplussed<\/strong> after talking to Abe about what went wrong in their failed experiment.
\n3. Because the museum was so big I walked around bemused<\/strong> in it for hours.
\n4. The teacher asked her students to reread their papers and make their writing less redundant<\/strong>.
\n5. When a plethora<\/strong> of freshman showed up at the concert, most of the older students decided to leave.
\n6. This picture is quite unique<\/strong>; it is the only one that exists of my two grandparents together.
\n7. Once she started to read fulsome<\/strong> comments about herself in the newspaper article she stopped reading it altogether.
\n8.Where is that noisome<\/strong> smell coming from?
\n9. Ironically<\/strong> Dale was not accepted to attend the school his father had worked at for 10 years.
\n10. Murray copied the text literally<\/strong>, without errors.<\/p>\n

All of these words are advanced vocabulary words. If you are a beginning student, don\u2019t worry if some of these words are too hard for you to comprehend and use right now. Here are a few more words (for all levels of ESL learners) that are commonly misunderstood and mistaken in English to help round out this discussion.<\/p>\n

allot<\/strong> \u2013 This verb means \u2018to distribute something\u2019<\/em> or \u2018give it out<\/em>.\u2019 It is often confused with the word a lot, which means \u2018many.\u2019<\/p>\n

Example: The hospital allotted each nurse a new set of clothes.<\/p>\n

complementary<\/strong> \u2013 This means \u2018something, or some people, that go together well<\/em>;\u2019 they complete each other.\u00a0 At times this word is confused with the word complimentary, which means that something was \u2018given free of charge or as a gift.\u2019<\/p>\n

Example: Dinner and a movie are complementary for a nice night out on the town.<\/p>\n

forego<\/strong> \u2013 This word means \u2018to go before something else<\/em>.\u2019 It is often confused with the word forgo, which is a more common word in English, and means \u2018to do without.\u2019<\/p>\n

Example: After reading the foregoing paragraph, she decided to skip the rest of the chapter.<\/p>\n

regimen<\/strong> \u2013 This word refers to \u2018a system of order<\/em>\u2019 or \u2018a schedule for giving out medication<\/em>.\u2019 It can be confused with the word regiment, which is \u2018a military unit or group of military personnel.\u2019<\/p>\n

Example: The sick woman was ordered to complete a regimen of antibiotics.<\/p>\n

site<\/strong> \u2013 This word means \u2018a place\u2019<\/em> and is often confused or mistakenly interchanged with the word cite, which means \u2018to quote words or sentences from a book or other literary source.\u2019<\/p>\n

Example: The site of the massacre is now a memorial.<\/p>\n

It is easy to misunderstand words when learning a new language, especially when they look and sound like a word with another meaning. Hopefully this post has helped you straighten out any misunderstandings you have of all the words we covered here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Take a look at this great infographic from Gammar.net. This is a wonderful list of 10 very commonly misunderstood words in English. To help you better understand these words I have used all the words from this infographic in sentences below, in order to put them in context. 1. The enormity of the villain in…<\/p>\n

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