CONFUSING WORDS

Hi readers ,
It has been quite some time I do not post new entry for this blog. I'm quite busy with lots of proofreading and translating job. Huh...what a tiring job ! As a reminder to those who want to be a proofreader and translator like me, make sure you are really passionate in this job as it really needs high interest, great patient and the most important ones is sacrifice ! Ya...lots need to be sacrificed : sleeping time , leisure time , favourite tv programmes and lots more !!! Anyway, as long as you have spirit , interest and high motivation, nothing is impossible . This is my secret for still keeping up with this  job !.

Well, what i want to discuss here is about confusing words . Sometimes we come across words which are quite similar either in sounds or spelling that make us confuse in using those words . Here are a few examples with its explanation :

Quite /Quiet
quite  -  This book is quite good  ( medium/moderate/so so - bad _____ quite good _____ good )
quiet  -  My class is very quiet     ( silent / no noise )

Lose / Loose
If you lose something, you do not know where it is / you can't find it.

Loose means they are not tight because they are too big!
These trousers are very loose.

Fell/ Felt
Fell is from fall/fell/fallen
Yesterday I fell and broke my arm.

Felt is from feel/felt/felt
I felt ill yesterday, but I feel OK today.  

Similar or related meanings

Lend/Borrow
If you lend something, you give it.
If you borrow something, you get it.

Will you lend me your bicycle? ( =you give it to me for one day/an hour, etc.)
Can I borrow your bicycle? (= I get it from you)

Other Words Often Mixed Up

In English the afternoon is from about 12 0'clock till 5 or 6 p.m.
The evening is from 5 or 6 p.m until about 9 or 10 p.m.
After 9 or 10 p.m. it is the night.