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a/an

accept/except

adapt/adopt – O.G.

alot/a lot

altar/alter  -O.G.

a part/apart

affect/effect

are/our

bare/bear

because/cause

born/borne   – O.G.

brake/break  – O.G.

beside/besides  – O.G.

capital/capitol -O.G.

choose/chose/chosen/choosed

cite/sight/site

compliment/complement

coarse/course – O.G.

complement/compliment  – O.G.

contagious/contiguous  -O.G.

council/counsel – O.G.

could of/could have or could’ve

defiantly/definately/definitely

desert/dessert  – O.G.

die/dye  – O.G.

envelop/envelope

emigration/immigration – O.G.

farther/further – O.G.

formally/formerly – O.G.

grammer/grammar

hole/whole

it’s/its

know/no/now

lead/led     -O.G.

loose/lose

loss/lost

mine/mines

miner/minor – O.G.

many/much

moral/morale  – O.G.

or/our

passed/past  – O.G.

peace/piece

persecute/prosecute  -O.G.

personal/personnel  -O.G.

persecute/prosecute  -O.G.

plain/plane  -O.G.

principal/principle -O.G.

precede/proceed  -O.G.

quiet/quite – O.G.

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

would of/would have or would’ve

you’re/your