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Glossary of easily confused words that cause grammar errors
A
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accept and except
adoptive and adopted
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advice and advise
adverse and averse
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affect and effect
aid and aide
a lot, allot and alot
allowed and aloud
allude and elude
allusion and illusion
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already and all ready
alright or all right
altar and alter
altogether and all together
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amoral and immoral
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amount, quantity and number
appraise and apprise
B
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bare and bear
being or been
beside and besides
breathe and breath
C
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capital and capitol
can and may
canvas and canvass
censor, censure and sensor
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cite, sight and site
climactic and climatic
(pop up)
coarse and course
complement and compliment
compose and comprise ('comprise of' and 'is comprised of')
confident, confidant and confidante
council and counsel
D
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dependant and dependent
decent, descent and dissent
defuse and diffuse
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definite and definitive
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desert and dessert
discreet and discrete
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disinterested and uninterested
E
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economic and economical
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effect and affect
e.g. and i.e.
elicit and illicit
elude and allude
envelop and envelope
enquiry and inquiry
except and accept
F
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fewer or less
fourth and forth
G
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getaway and get away
grisly and grizzly
H
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historic and historical
I
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i.e. and e.g.
if or whether
illicit and elicit
illusion and allusion
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immoral and amoral
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imply and infer
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incidence and incidents
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incite and insight
inquiry and enquiry
instance and instants
(pop up)
into, onto and up to
its and it's
J
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K
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L
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lay and lie
lead and led
less and fewer
licence and license
loath and loathe
loose and lose
M
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may and can
N
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no-one and no one
notable and noticeable
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number, amount and quantity
O
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onto, into and up to
P
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past and passed
plain and plane
pore, pour and poor
practice and practise
precedence and precedent
(pop up)
principal and principle
precede and proceed
prophecy and prophesy
(pop up)
proscribe and prescribe
(pop up)
provided and providing
Q
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quantity, amount and number
R
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raise, rise and raze
role and roll
S
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site, cite and sight
stationary and stationery
sensor, censor and censure
(pop up)
story and storey
T
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that, which and who
their, there and they're
then and than
too or to
U
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up to, into and onto
uninterested and disinterested
V
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vain, vein and vane
W
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waist and waste
weather, whether and wether
whether or if
which, who and that
who or whom
who's and whose
X
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Y
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you're and your
Z
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