Common Usage Errors Part 1

If you want to go to Disney World, you'll have to ____ the fact that we will have to fly.

• Accept

• Except

______ for Dante, our whole family has flown on an airplane before.

• Accept

• Except

Sometimes people feel sick on airplanes because their ears can't ______ to the higher altitude.

• Adapt

• Adopt

To be a more confident flyer, it can help to _____ the mindset that air travel is very safe.

• Adapt

• Adopt

The pilot will usually warn the passengers about upcoming turbulence which can _____ people who are standing up.

• Affect

• Effect

If you start to feel nervous while flying, listening to your favorite music can produce a calming _____.

• Affect

• Effect

We were _______ to board our flight when they delayed it due to weather.

• Already

• All ready

I had ______ buckled my seatbelt when the flight attendant went through the safety instructions.

• Already

• All ready

The family missed their flight because _______ of the plane needed to be fixed.

• A part

• Apart

When I glanced out the window, it looked as if the wing was falling _______, but it was normal.

• A part

• Apart