Most of the Guinlist posts are about types or groups of words rather than words by themselves. The few that deal with individual problem words can therefore be hard to find. To remedy this, I list on this page all of the posts that deal with a single word, plus the content of all posts entitled “Tricky Word Contrasts”.
The posts devoted to one particular word are listed first, and details of the “Tricky Word Contrasts” posts follow. The content of any post is easily accessed by clicking on its title.
Posts Devoted to a Single Word
51. Making Concessions with “May”
53. “As”, “Like” and “Such As”
56. Comparing with “Like” and “Unlike”
60. Purpose Sentences with “For”
63. Constraints on Using “The One(s)”
87. “Same As” versus “Same That”
89. Using “the” with General Meaning
92. Verbs with an Object + “As”
98. “Very”, “Much” and “Very Much”
99. When to Use “Whether … Or …”
103. Commenting with “it” on a Later Verb
104. Naming Data Sources with “As”
118. Problems with Conditional “If”
145. Highlighting with “What” Sentences
153. Conjunction Uses of That”
161. Special Uses of “There” Sentences
169. “All”, “Each” and “Every”
234. Adjective and Pronoun Uses of “that”
260. Formal Written Uses of “Thing”
264. Variations in the Use of TAKE
267. Participles and Gerunds with “Having”
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Words in Posts Entitled “Tricky Word Contrasts”
The words in these posts are here listed first in alphabetical order and then under their post titles. Clicking on a word in the alphabetical list will bring you directly to its post.
1. Alphabetical List
accept
adverse
affect
afraid of doing
afraid to do
agree
aim
amount
apparent
argue
aspects
assure
at the end
at the moment
at this moment
attitude
averse
by all means
by day
by definition
by the day
classified as
classified into
concern
consider
content
contented
critic
criticise
criticism
critique
decide on doing
decide to do
define
defuse
depend on
diffuse
eager(ness)
economic
economical
editor
effect (noun)
effect (verb)
effective
efficient
e.g.
elite
emergence
energy
enormity
enormousness
ensure
example
failings
failures
far
far away
first
function
functioning
graph
graphic
hope
hopeful
i.e.
in a position to
in case of
in first place
informational
informative
in future
in (a) position to
in response
in search of
instance
intend
intended to
intent
intention
in the end
in the event of
in the first place
in the future
in view of
knowing
knowledgeable
leading
look after
make…into
mentality
minimal
minimum
motivation
motive
name
near
nearby
no doubt
nominate
note
notice
now
nowadays
number of
obvious
occasion
on the top of
on top of
opportunity
pay attention
people
percent
percentage
persons
plant
plus
position
power
produce (noun)
products
promising
propaganda
proposal
proposition
publisher
query
question
realise
refute
regard
regards
reject
rely on
respects
responsively
safety
satisfactory
satisfying
scene
security
shade
shadow
slow up
slow down
so far
sorry
stairs
steps
strength
supposed to
suspect
suspicious
take care of
take place
take time
take one’s time
taste
test
the above
till (conjunction)
tiresome
to date
turn
turning
unbelievable
underlie
underline
until now
up to date
urge
what about…?
willing(ness)
wish
with a view to
wording
wrongful
youth
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2. Post-by-Post List
until now – so far; by definition – defined as; consider – consider as; the above – this; economical – economic; sorry for – sorry about; test – taste; e.g. – i.e.; with regards – with regard; in case of – in the event of; in the future – in future.
responsively – in response; on the top of – on top of; supposed to – intended to; aspects – respects; effect – affect; underline – underlie; failures – failings; plant – a plant; amount – number; concern with / about / for; editor – publisher.
graphic – graph; produce (noun) – products; function – functioning; efficient – effective; aim – intend; to date – up to date; unbelievable – hard to believe; by day – by the day; satisfying – satisfactory; criticise – critic – criticism – critique.
take place – exist; realise – effect; give attention – pay attention; note – notice; until – till; in search of – in a search for; obvious – apparent; tiring – tiresome.
no doubt – there is no doubt; at the moment – nowadays – today – now; emergency – emergence; in the first place – in first place; energy – power – strength; by all means – by every means; in the end – at the end; wrong – wrongful.
youth – the youth – young people; elites – members of the elite; far – far away; classified into – classified as; afraid of doing – afraid to do; adverse – averse
urge – argue; intent – intention; at this moment – at the moment; take time – take one’s time; what about…? – tell me about…; people – persons
percent – percentage; question – query; stairs – steps; shade – shadow; example – instance
security – safety; name – nominate; occasion – opportunity; defuse – diffuse; wording – words; minimum – minimal; and – plus
content – contented; make (noun noun) – make (noun) into (noun); slow up – slow down; near – nearby; knowledgeable – knowing; wish – hope
reject – refute; mentality – attitude; motive – motivation; propaganda – information; decide on (doing) – decide (to do); enormousness – enormity; look after – take care of
assure – ensure; hopeful – promising; first – leading; in view of – with a view to; informative – informational; a turn – a turning; depend on – rely on
eager(ness) –willing(ness); agree – accept; proposal – proposition; suspect – suspicious; in a position – in position; at/on/in the scene
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