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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 |