English Vocabulary: Confusing English Words!

he was feeling lonely or lonesome or alone um he wanted to go out alternatively alternately um he could cook at home he decided to call his friends and go out all together um all together no no no all to uh which hello my name is Matty from POC English and in this lesson we are going to talk about five sets of confusing English words now before we start if you want to have the pdf summary of this lesson you simply have to give me your email address how by clicking on the link above my head going to my website entering your email address and hitting subscribe that's it now let's begin with the first set of confusing words alone lonely lonesome loner and lone what are the differences among these words first let's look at this sentence i feel and i need to talk to someone how can i fill the gap using these words i feel lonely or lonesome both of them are correct but why let's see the differences alone means without other people around you it means being physically alone i'm inside this room and nobody's here around me i'm alone for example i want to be alone right now i want to be alone right now go out of my room out out i want to be alone we can emphasize on the word alone using all and say all alone for example after his wife died he was all alone after his wife died he was all alone it means he was really alone lonely and the informal version lonesome both of them have the same meaning and both of them mean to feel alone and sad because of being alone so this is talking about a feeling you may not be physically alone there may be other people here but you may feel lonely or lonesome because these people they don't know me i don't know them we cannot communicate we can't talk to each other so i'm not alone there are some people here but i feel lonely or i feel lonesome i feel lonely since my friends moved away i feel lonely since my friends moved away well am i alone no my family is still around me but am i feeling sad because my friends are not around anymore yes so lonely is a feeling i can say the same sentence with lonesome instead of lonely i feel lonesome since my friends moved away now what does lone mean lone means the only one in a place or in a situation he was the lone survivor of the crash he was the lone survivor of the crash it means he was the only person who survived the crash instead of lone i can use the word solitary as a synonym he was the solitary survivor of the crash now somebody who likes to do things on their own and who prefers to be alone all the time they are called loner loner i was always a loner in high school i was always a loner in high school it means i preferred to stay alone i didn't want to make new friends i was a loner and i was happy instead of loner you can also say lone wolf for example back in high school i was a lone wolf i didn't have many friends so now you know the differences among lonely alone lonesome loner and lone let's move on to the second set of confusing english words look at these words also to and as well they all have similar meanings but look at this sentence i can sing i can play the guitar how can i complete this sentence using these words i should use the word also can i use the other alternatives as well and no but why not don't they have the same meaning yes but the uses are different also is used with the verb and it often goes in the mid position what does it mean with the verb in mid position huh look at this sentence he not only plays well but he also sings beautifully look at the second part of the sentence he also sings beautifully well sing is the verb also is before the verb that's what i mean when i say it goes with the verb now it goes in the mid position what do i mean where is the subject of the sentence he he also sings beautifully so you see also is in the mid position between the subject and the verb he also sings however we can use as well and two at the end of the sentence not in the middle position i can sing i can play the guitar too or i can sing i can play the guitar as well they go to the end of the sentence another difference is that we can use also in the beginning of a sentence but not to and as well for example milan is beautiful also it has amazing food you see the second part of the sentence has started with the word also but i cannot use to or as well instead of also here if i want to use to or as well i should put them at the end of the sentence and say milan is a beautiful city it has amazing food too or it has amazing food as well was that clear now let's move on to the third set of confusing english words what's the difference between alternately and alternatively very similar right but look at this sentence the film is depressing and amusing how can i complete this sentence the film is alternately depressing and amusing but why why cannot we say alternatively well alternately means first one then another i'm alternately happy and depressed you see there are two different adjectives happy depressed and these two are opposites right but i have both feelings at the same time has this ever happened to you that you feel happy but on the other hand you kind of feel sad in this case you can say alternately alternately happy and depressed it means first i'm happy but then i'm depressed alternatively on the other hand is used to talk about another suggestion or another possibility we can go to a chinese restaurant alternatively we can stay at home and cook you see there are two different suggestions one to go to a chinese restaurant the second suggestion is to stay at home and cook something and to talk about the second possibility or the second suggestion we can use the word alternatively so we can go to a chinese restaurant alternatively we can stay at home and cook was that clear now let's move on to the fourth set of confusing english words but before that if you want to dramatically improve your general english knowledge by learning english grammar improving your english vocabulary 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look at this example i'm not altogether sure about what i want i'm not altogether sure about what i want it means i'm not entirely sure i'm not completely certain we also use altogether when we want to talk about prices for example that's 550 altogether it means all of the things you have selected all of the things that you have picked from my store that's 550 altogether however altogether means everyone or everything for example they started singing all together it means all of them together it means everyone started singing or we went to the restaurant all together it means all of us together every one of us went to the restaurant we went to the restaurant all together i hope you're enjoying this lesson so far because now we're going to get to the last set of confusing english words what's the difference between arise and rise look at this sentence did any problems after the argument how can i complete this sentence did any problems arise after the argument but why what's the difference between the rise and rise arise means to happen or to occur for example if any problems arise let me know and i will help if any problems arise it means if any problems occur if any problems happen however rise means to go up or to move up the past of rise is rose now now pay attention the past of arise is a rose the past of rise is rose now look at this example the balloon rose up into the air the balloon rose up into the air it means it went up or the sun rises at 4 a.m tomorrow the sun rises at 4 a.m it means it goes up so arise means to occur to happen but rise means to go up and that's it i hope you've enjoyed this lesson don't forget to practice and if there are any other confusing words that you know of and want me to explain let me know in the comments bye