Hi and welcome back to Love English i'm Leila and in today's lesson i want to help you i want
to help you clarify the meaning of some confusing words in English many of these words are easily
confused by native speakers as well so if you are a non-native no wonder why words like affect
effect ensure assure accept except loose lose it's just no wonder why some of these words completely
confuse you! So in today's lesson i want to explain exactly what the differences are
the difference in use meaning and pronunciation. Now of course there is no better way to practice
using some of these confusing words than with a native speaker and in today's lesson you have the
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with a camberly teacher do share your ten sentences with these rather or hopefully not
so confusing words that i'm about to explain now shall we get on with the lesson let's go
right number one and two accept accept
and accept accept so pay close attention because i am adding the phonetics here with each of the
words you can see with accept the a is actually an uh schwa sound and except is more of an e
sound so very very similar but not quite homophones now what's the difference in use
and meaning well quite simply accept is the verb to agree to receive or do to agree to something
do you accept credit cards here i accept we have different opinions it's really not a problem for
me i offered her an apology but she wouldn't accept it number two accept accept is actually
a conjunctional preposition meaning not including or but not so let's have a look at some nice
clear examples the shops in england are open nine to five except on a sunday when they're open
ten till four you've only got six hours trading on a sunday in the uk the children were all very
well behaved except for bobby he was a little bit of a monkey today i love all italian food except
pizza i'm really not that keen on pizza right number three and four these two are definitely
commonly confused and a little more advanced adverse ah adverse and averse averse
so similar sounding and not too dissimilar spelling to be honest adverse means harmful having
a negative effect on someone or something often used when we're talking about the weather adverse
weather conditions the concert was cancelled because of adverse weather conditions so basically
it was horrible weather raining windy typical english weather probably they received a lot of
adverse publicity and criticism about the changes they made a verse actually means to have a strong
disliking of something these are both adjectives of course as you've noticed in the sentences
so with a verse you could say i'm not adverse to the odd glass of prosecco few people are reversed
to the idea of a free holiday right number five and six and if i'm honest these two really do
confuse me sometimes i do have to sometimes think about which one is the noun which one
is the verb and how to spell them correctly even though the spelling is simply the difference
between an a and an e affect affect and effect effect now effect is usually used in the verb
form but it can also be a noun if we look at these examples here both buildings were badly
affected by the fire children's education is being badly affected by the coronavirus
it's a virus that affects many older people so here you can see that the meaning is essentially
to have an influence to change something or to cause a change in someone or something so effect
now effect effect with the e at the beginning is in fact more commonly used as a noun
meaning to bring about a result or the result of a particular influence so we of course need
another example here or two burning fossil fuels has a very negative effect on the environment
burning fossil fuels has a very negative effect on the environment i've got a terrible headache
today but the tablets don't seem to be having any effect i think i'm suffering from the effect
of not having enough sleep so effect and effect effect and effect try and come up with some good
examples to illustrate the difference between the two they are two of the trickiest words
i think in the english language but i'm sure now you're able to use them much better ensure ensure
and usher as sure ensure ensure assure right so these three slightly different spellings very
different meanings and of course ensure and ensure actually homophones they sound the same but ashore
the last one a little bit different we've got the schwa there instead ensure with an e is a verb and
it means to make certain something will happen the airlines are taking steps to ensure people's
safety when traveling at the university we ensure that you have the best level of education
to ensure a little bit boring it's about protecting your property this could be buildings
insurance life insurance health insurance to ensure the verb basically you protect yourself
against any risk by paying a company who will then pay out should you need the money to buy a new car
get some kind of medical treatment etc so insurance would be the noun but to ensure
is the verb i ensure my cats have the best life by insuring them so if they need to go to the vet
i can pay for any treatment we have to ensure our home just in case there's a fire or any
damage caused by bad weather and finally ashore ashore is again a verb to say with certainty
to say with certainty i assure you we are doing everything in our power to make sure your children
have the best education online to tell someone something is true particularly if perhaps they
don't have much confidence in a situation she assured him that her report would be ready
in the morning especially and especially especially and especially especially
now these are often used interchangeably they are frequently used in the incorrect way but at the
end of the day they are so similar it doesn't make too much difference but i am going to explain the
difference right now especially can mean extremely or in particular extremely or in particular
i cook this meal especially for you this is especially good wine
is there anything you want to do this evening not especially now especially especially
meaning very much more than usual or more than other people and things
she's not especially interested in sports i love italian food especially penne also money i love
my hometown especially in the summer meaning more in the summer time so really the difference here
is that especially is used when talking about above all more than others whereas specially
is more in particular for a particular purpose i really think these two are pretty confusing and
to be honest if you do make the odd mistake with them it's not the end of the world particularly
in spoken english because both especially and especially can actually be used to talk about for
a particular reason a particular purpose i bought these especially or in fact especially for you
okay a little bit confusing there essentially when we're referring to in particular both
options are okay so inquire is a verb simply meaning to ask for information
it's a nice more formal alternative to ask in fact i'm just writing to inquire as to whether you have
got my booking on record shall i inquire about the price of the tickets now inquire is in fact more
of an american spelling so in british english it's more common for us to write with the e
inquirer but in american english inquire now the pronunciation is exactly the same as you can see
from the phonetics so don't get too confused there it's an in inquire now where these two really do
differ is simply that in british english inquire with an e inquirer was traditionally used to refer
to asking but inquire like inquiry in british english was more to do with an investigation
with a formal investigation now in the uk to be honest whether you spell with an e or an i it
kind of doesn't make too much difference they're more or less interchangeable but
that was the original difference in meaning so in american english with an i the spelling with an i
inquire is the traditional more commonly used spelling whereas in british english you could
come across both it might still be that in some situations for example police reports that you'll
find they still use inquire with an eye to talk about more formal investigations but generally
speaking both can be used okay practice and practice homophones same pronunciation but you may
have noticed that sometimes practice can be spelt with an s and sometimes with a c now in british
english again there is a difference practice with an s is simply the verb whereas practice with a c
is in fact the noun i like to practice speaking italian how much practice do you do so verb versus
noun but in american english practice with an s is used for both the verb and the noun
i do think the americans tend to keep things a little bit more simple which is probably quite
nice for you guys so in british english s practice the verb see practice the noun
in american practice with an s verb or noun that simple 15 exactly the same advice advice with
the c is the noun be careful because advice is uncountable i hear lots of people say can you give
me an advice or one advice but in fact you would say some advice okay it's uncountable but listen
here this is the difference with an s advise advise she advised me to take the exam early
this was good advice she advised me to take the exam early this was good advice so here you can
hear the difference hear the difference between the c s sound and the s z sound advice and advice
so i definitely want you to try and have a go at using those two in a sentence and then reading it
out loud to yourself i think i'll take your advice i need some advice which computer should i buy
now it is worth noting that there are some particular structures after advice okay so you
can advise someone to do something i advise you to postpone the wedding until the summer they're
advising that the children stay home from school i'd advise waiting a little longer if i were you
so there we've got ing the gerund form i'd advise waiting going stopping and then if you want to
be really formal you could use the expression you would be well advised to you would be well advised
to have the appropriate vaccinations before you go abroad so this is where you're trying to really
stress that this is a very good important piece of advice and the last ones not too difficult
here but i frequently see them misspelled because people get confused as to the spelling
to lose z lose you lose again the opposite of win so you could also lose something you no
longer have it you don't know where it is i always lose my keys it has something taken away from you
many people will lose their job you can also stop feeling something for example to lose
confidence or faith in someone or something and of course to have less of something than before
i'm trying to lose weight the mistake that is often made is with loose double o use loose versus
lose with a z sound at the end so loose is an adjective rather than a verb like lose often when
we're referring to clothes we can describe them as loose meaning not tight fitting this top is quite
loose you can also refer to your hair as being loose right now my hair is loose so it's not tied
back basically loose things are not held together very tightly they are free to move essentially
and that's it it's pretty simple so that was about 17 words that are commonly confused
in english remember if you want to be entered into the competition to win that three-month
subscription with camberly for free two lessons a week with a professional camberly teacher
then make sure you comment below i want 10 sentences so 10 of the words out of the 17
that i gave you in sentences that are personal to you refer to your own life experience
remember my top tip is always to personalize the language because it helps you remember the words
the vocabulary or even grammar thank you so much for watching and there will be many more lessons
to come this year of course sabra actually has one coming very soon thanks again bye