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Frequently Confused Words

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 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 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