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Frequently Confused Words |
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Review this list to be sure you’re using the words you mean to use! Feel free to add–in alphabetical order–any additional groupings of words. Note that I’ve used the strikethrough option for words that are not actually words or phrases–please do the same if your additional includes an erroneous word or phrase.
a/an
accept/except
adapt/adopt
advice/advise
alot/a lot
altar/alter
a part/apart
affect/effect
are/our
bare/bear
because/cause
berry/bury
born/borne
brake/break
capital/capitol
choose/chose/chosen/choosed
cite/sight/site
compliment/complement
coarse/course
complement/compliment
contagious/contiguous
council/counsel
could of/could have or could’ve
defiantly/definately/definitely
desert/dessert
die/dye
envelop/envelope
emigration/immigration
farther/further
formally/formerly
grammer/grammar
hole/whole
it’s/its
know/no/now
lead/led
loose/lose
loss/lost
many/much
mine/mines
miner/minor
moral/morale
no body/nobody
or/our
passed/past
peace/piece
peak/peek/pique
persecute/prosecute
personal/personnel
plain/plane
principal/principle
precede/proceed
quiet/quite
r/are
right/rite/write
should of/should have or should’ve
straight/strait
their/there/they’re
than/then
threw/through/thru
till/(til)/until
to/too/two
u/you
use to/used to
wanna/want to
weather/whether
we’re/were/where
which/witch
who/whom
who’s/whose
won’t/wont
would of/would have or would’ve
you’re/your |