Monday Mechanics: Commonly Misused Words

Whoops, sorry guys. Forgot today was Monday—kept thinking it was Sunday (long weekends really screw with my internal calendar).

Today, courtesy of http://www.noslang.com/spelling.php, are a list of misused words:

Accept, Except - Accept means to receive, while except means to exclude.

Adverse, Averse - Adverse means difficult, Averse means having a strong feeling against (like an aversion)

Affect, Effect - An Effect is a result, Affect usually means to alter.

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Published on May 23, 2011 17:01
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