美国管理协会商务写作指南

书摘
a/an
前者用于辅音前，后者用于元音前。
A better way is to research first.
An easier method should be found.
accept/except:
前者是动词“接受”，后者是介词“不包括”。
Will you accept and sigh for this delivery?
All quarters were profitabie except the second.
ad/add:
前者是“广告”的缩写，后者是一个数学运算“加”。
Place the ad in all daily papers.
Add the columns to find the total.
adapt/adept:
前者是“调整”，后者是“擅长的”。
Let's adapt our procedures so they will work.
They are adept at intrpreting financial statements.
adverse/averse:
前者是“不宜的”，后者是“反对的”。
The adverse comments led us to decline the offer.
We were averse to the expensive proposal.
advice/advise:
前者是名词“意见”，后者是动词“建议”。
Our advice was to increase the budget.
I advise you to make a written report to personnel.
affect/effect:
前者是动词“影响”，后者是名词“结果，效果或后果”。
Customer attitude will affect buying habits.
The effect of the study has been to discourage risk.
agree to /agree with:
前者意思是“答应”，后者意思是“与某人意见一致”。
We will agree to a one-month extension.
I agree with you about the budget problems.
all ready/already:
前者表示完全准备好或多数准备好，后者表示已经过去的动作。
The attendees were all ready and in the room.
We already balanced the accounts.
all right /alright:
前者是正确的形式，后者是不正规、不正确的用法。应该用“all right”，而不用“alright”。
all together/altogether:
前者是“一起”，后者是“完全地”。
The inventory was finally placed all together.
It proved altogether too difficult to balance.
allusion /delusion/illusion:
第一个词是“暗示”，第二个词是“错误的信仰或想法”，第三个词是“错觉”。
We made an allusion to problems faced by employees.
The belief in creating profits by thinking about them is, in our opinion, a delusion.
He had
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