use any 3 commonly confused words and any 3 past participle forms of verbs to write a news report (PLeASEEE ITS DUE IN A FEW HRS AND IM VERYY BUSY AS MY DAD IS MAKING ME STUDYY EVEN MOR, IM GONNA GIVE 30 POINTS FOR THIS

Many words sound alike but mean different things when put into writing. This list will help you distinguish between some of the more common words that sound alike. Click on any of the blue underlined links to open a longer and more complete definition of the word in a new window.

accept : = verb meaning to receive or to agree:

He accepted their praise graciously.

except = preposition meaning all but, other than:

Everyone went to the game except Alyson.

We are currently updating these resources, but for more information on these words, plus exercises, see our document on accept and except.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.