Error detection
(sidan under konstruktion)
Fällor i engelska skulle man kunna kalla ord som på något vis liknar ett annat ord, men har en annan betydelse. Om man är medveten om dessa false friends minskar man risken att förväxla dem med varandra och göra fel. Vissa ord visar sig också innebära viss osäkerhet kring stavningen. Nedan listas ett antal ord tillhörande någon av dessa båda kategorier. De leder inte sällan till ett visst huvudbry och kan därför med fördel uppmärksammas extra.
- a / I
- accept /except
- adapt / adopt
- alot / a lot
- always / allways
- affect / effect
- ankle / wrist - vrist / ankel
- an other / another
- apart / a part
- ash / ashes
- aswell / as well
- because / cause
- because / becuase
- believe / beleive
- beneficial / beneficiary
- beside / besides
- blankett / blanket
- bo = live / stay
- borrow / lend
- brake / break
- can not / cannot
- classic / classical
- condemn / condone
- corps / corpse
- costume / kostym
- decease / disease
- each other / eachother
- economic / economical
- electric / electrical
- especially / specially
- exempel / example
- expedition = reception (in an office)
- expedition = expedition (to Himalaya)
- every day / everyday
- every thing / everything
- every time / everytime
- for ever / forever
- fun / funny
- gray / grey
- grateful / greatful
- hear / here
- hole / whole
- -ic / -ical
- in to / into
- its / it’s
- know / now
- kurator / curator
- lay / lie
- learn / teach
- litigation / mitigation
- live / stay (at a hotel)
- lose / loose
- meat / meet
- motivera / motivate, motivera = justify
- near by / nearby
- no one / noone
- no where / nowhere
- of course / ofcourse
- ones / one’s (the ones that…/ assessing one’s ability to…)
- ordinarie / ordinary
- over all / overall
- quite / quiet
- peace / piece
- price / prize
- raise / rise
- realise / realize
- receive / recieve
- recipe / receipt / prescription
- repairs / reparations
- some times / sometimes
- speech / speach
- tail / tale
- their / there / they’re
- then / than
- there / where
- therefor / therefore
- though / thought
- til / until / till
- to / too
- traits / treats
- use to / used to
- vale / veil / veal
- varuhus / warehouse
- weather / whether
- were / where
- whilst / while
- whit / with
- witch / which
- your / you’re
- what ever / whatever
- where ever / whereever / wherever