BLAMING adalah menyalahkan sedangkan accuse adalah menuduh. Hanya sedikit berbeda, lihatlah contoh berikut.
EXPRESSING BLAMING AND ACCUSING
^ It is you fault!
^ You have to be responsible for this!
^ It's all because of you!
^ I accuse you on ...
^ I charge you for ...
^ Why you did this to me?
^ How can you did that to her!
^ You are behind all this!
^ I blame you on ...
^ You are to blame for punching the door!
^ It's your responsibility!
^ You should finish what you've started!
EXPRESSING CONFESSION
Study the following.
Via: Hey, where’s my cake? I haven’t eaten it.
Dewi: I don’t know.
Via: It must have been you who ate my cake.
Dewi: Right, are you accusing me?
Via: So, what’s the chocolate dot on your face over there?
Dewi: All right, I admit that I was very hungry. Will you forgive me?