Confusing Words

bring	take	get
I’m coming	I’m going	I will come back

come	go	leave
…closer…	…away to somewhere.	…from here.

look	see	watch
try, outward, pay attention	understand without words	look at something moving

listen	hear
try, outward, pay attention	understand without eyes

want	like
desire something, immediate & circumstantial	enjoy something, timeless & regardless of circumstance

say	tell	speak	talk
quote, exact words	an answer, a story	address other people, a language	pure action

Pardon me.	Excuse me.	(I’m) sorry.	Oops!
considerate, courteous, formal, no harm done, no regret, possibly after-the-fact or during or before	casual or formal, maybe considerate, maybe sarcastic, maybe informal, maybe harm done, little or no regret, possibly after-the-fact or during or before	admission of guilt or wrongdoing, request for forgiveness, expression of regret, after-the-fact, insulting if sarcastic	informal, slang, similar to “sorry”, clearly not thought-through

have v. (once)	have never v.	(Have) n. ever v. ?
statement that someone has done something as been done at least once	statement that something has never been done even once	question about whether a thing was done at least once

would (if)	should / need to	could (if)
willingness	obligation	capability

probably	possibly	certainly
>50%	>0%	100%
likely, “in all likelihood”	maybe, (might/can/may) v.	surely, (will/shall) v.

one’s place	ones’ place
a place that belongs to someone	a term used in Math

loan	borrow

pay	buy

cost	spend

(non-truth)	lie	lies	lied	lied	lying
(something)	lay	lays	laid	laid	laying
(self)	lie	lies	lay	lain	lying

(something)	set	sets	set	set	setting
(self)	sit	sits	sat	sat	sitting

(not win)	lose	loses	lost	lost	losing
(release)	loose	looses	loosed	loosed	loosing
(open)	loosen	loosens	loosened	loosened	loosening