Confusable words and Punctuations

1. Confusable Words
Presented By:-
• Wasim Haidar
• Yogesh Malviya
• Yash Shah
• Viren Gorvadia
Presented to:- Prof. Gaurav Rathod

2. Confusable words
• look alike
• Sound alike
Or Worst of all
• look and sound alike but have completely different
meanings
There are other words that look and
sound different but are similar in
meaning

3. Examples
1) Alter: - ‘to change or modify’
e.g. We altered the original design of the car
Altar: - ‘ a sacred table in a church used for ceremonies’
e.g. The altar was too high for the children to climb on
2) Duel: - ‘a fight or contest’
e.g. Cowboys used duels to settle their ugly affairs
Dual: - ‘having two parts’
e.g. I have a dual sim mobile phone
3) Scene: - ‘place or view’
e.g. The scene of the crime was just outside the window
Seen: - ‘to appear or look as if’
e.g. Ram seemed unhappy when that incident happened

4. Examples
4) Loose: - ‘not tight’
e.g. A loose fitting jacket was more suitable than a shawl
Lose: - ‘to misplace and not able to find’
e.g. I often lose my stuffs
5) Weather: - ‘climate’
e.g. Today’s weather is really hot
Whether: - ‘expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives’
e.g. I asked him whether I should go
6) Later: - ‘afterwards’
e.g. See you later
Latter: - ‘denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things’
e.g. He has two choices between two jobs, and he chose the latter, because
the first choice wasn’t paying enough.

5. Punctuations
• System of signs or symbols given to a reader to show how a sentence is
constructed and how it should be read
• It makes the understanding clear
1) Comma (,)
It is used to show a separation or ideas or elements within the structure of a
sentence. Additionally it is also used in letter writing after salutation and
closing
 Separating elements within sentences: - Sam wanted the black,
blue and green shoes
 Letter Salutations: - Dead Sir,

6. 2) Semicolon (;)
It is used to connect independent clauses. It shows a clear understanding
between relationship between the clauses than a period would show
e.g. John was hurt; he knew she only said it to upset him
3) Colon (:)
The colon within a sentence makes a very pointed pause between two
phrases. It can be used with a heading, or descriptive title
e.g. She placed the following items into the trolley: bear, fruit, vegetables,
cartons of milk.
e.g. Human Resource Management : Guidelines for Telephone Advisers

7. 4) Apostrophe (’)
It is used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, or the
plural of lowercase letters
e.g. Omission of letters from a word:- I Don’t know the answer
e.g. plural for lower case letters: Six people were told to mind their p’s and
q’s (mind your language, mind your manners, be on your best behavior’.
5) Hyphen (-)
It is used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the
syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of a text
e.g. between a compound name: Mrs. Smith-Reynolds
Within a compound: back-to-back

8. 6) Parenthesis ( )
Curved notations used to contain further thoughts or qualifying remarks
It can be replaced by commas without changing the meaning in most cases
e.g. The university of Georgia (UGA) is where my mom went to school
e.g. Did you leave your bag (red, black handles) in the classroom?