There are several words which are a part of your vocabulary but you have been misusing them since you learned them. Get these commonly misused words right and you would look smarter than others.
Here is the list of few of these words,
Actually
Commonly used meaning:
Used to emphasize a strongly felt opinion.
I believe that this one is actually the finest film about relationships ever made.
Correct meaning:
As an actual fact; used to stress something unexpected or surprising.
But I may be biased by the fact that the movie was actually recommended to me by two of its stars.
Disruptive
Commonly used meaning:
Unconventional; cutting-edge; bold.
We are incompatible because our tastes are different, your taste is so dull while I like more daring and disruptive films.
Correct meaning:
Marked by unrest, disorder or insubordination; in business terms, the process by which an innovation enters a market or sector and redefines it.
The next day, she used her influence with the transit union to launch a disruptive strike that forced him and other commuters to walk miles to work.
Nonplussed
Commonly used meaning:
Upset.
Jack was nonplussed when his friends described him as “slovenly” as he had been called that since he was a toddler and took it as a compliment.
Correct meaning
Confused; surprised.
But Jack’s brother Will was nonplussed when his friends described him as slovenly he had always been neat, even as a toddler.
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