I need help with the usage of commonly misused words...?

Question

okay so what you do is pick which word is the correct word (the word choices are in the parenthesis) for the following sentences...
1. This story is quite (different from, different than) your last one.
2. We will discuss this issue (further, farther) at another time.
3. Alan is the candidate (which, who) I supported for class president.
4. Everyone (accept, except) John agrees with the decision.
5.Valerie goes to the movies more often (than, then) I do.
6.(Due to the fact that, Since) our plane was delayed, we were late.
7.Divide these souvenirs (among, between) the three children.
8. What (affect, effect) does diet have on a person's health?

Answer 1

1. This story is quite different from your last one.
Sometimes the British say "different to" but the grammar police say that "different from" is correct in American English

2. We will discuss this issue further at another time.
Further is abstract. Farther is for distance.

3. Alan is the candidate whom I supported for class president.
As you can see, neither answer is actually correct. You need the accusative case here because the phrase is "I supported (whom)." However, since being correct in this situation sounds a little pretentious, I'd go with "who".

4. Everyone except John agrees with the decision.
John is the exception.

5.Valerie goes to the movies more often than I do.
"Than" is used for comparisons.

6. Since our plane was delayed, we were late.
"Due to the fact that" is not technically wrong in this instance, even though "due to" is often used incorrectly. However, "due to the fact that" is wordy, and skirts on the edge of a well-known error, whereas "since" is straightforward, simple, and correct.

7.Divide these souvenirs among the three children.
"Between" is used for two, "among" for three or more.

8. What effect does diet have on a person's health?
"Effect" is a noun, "affect" is either a verb or an emotion. These two words, and words with these words as roots, have perhaps the trickiest relationship of all word pairs. I wrote a page of explanation of these two words for a class I used to teach in proofreading. Read it for "Martha's short road to success with affect and effect."

Answer 2

1. This story is quite (different from) your last one.
2. We will discuss this issue (further) at another time.
3. Alan is the candidate (who) I supported for class president.
4. Everyone (except) John agrees with the decision.
5.Valerie goes to the movies more often (than) I do.
6.(Since) our plane was delayed, we were late.
7.Divide these souvenirs (among) the three children.
8. What (effect) does diet have on a person's health?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

1. different than
2. further
3. who
4. except
5. than
6. Due to the fact that,
7. amongst
8. effect

Answer 5

Way to do the kid's homework for him people! Good job... our kids learn WAY too much in school when they do their OWN work. Geez!

Answer 6

1 - diff from
2 - further
3- who
4- except
5- than
6- due to the fact
7 - among
8- affect