SADLY TOO OFTEN MISUSED WORDS
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A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're
Are, Hour, Our Exercise 1
We sold
_____
blue car last week when someone made us an offer.
I will meet you at the bus stop in one
____
.
_____
we going to the picnic?
I may not want to admit it when he really needs a bath. but the brown dog is
_____.
You
____
my favorite cook; I also have an appreciation for grilled cheese varieties.
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Answers:
We sold
our
blue car last week when someone made us an offer.
I will meet you at the bus stop in one
hour
.
Are
we going to the picnic?
I may not want to admit it when he really needs a bath. but the brown dog is
ours.
You
are
my favorite cook; I also have an appreciation for grilled cheese varieties.
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Home
A - B
Accept. Except
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allot, A Lot
All Ready, Already
All Together, Altogether
Allusion, Delusion, Illusion
Altar, Alter
Among, Between
Are, Hour, Our
Award, Reward
Bad, Badly
Beside, Besides
Brake, Break
Breathe, Breath, Breadth
By, Bye, Buy
C - E
Can, May
Canvas, Canvass
Capital, Capitol
Cite, Site, Sight
Clothes, Cloths
Coarse, Course
Compare To, Compare With
Compare, Contrast
Complement, Compliment
Consul, Council, Counsel
Decent, Descent, Dissent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
F - I
Faint, Feint
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Formerly, Formally
Forth, Fourth
Good, Well
Hear, Here
Hole, Whole
Imply, Infer
Incidence, Incidents
Incite, Insight
Instance, Instant
Its, It's
K - P
Knew, New, Know, No
Later, Latter
Lead, Led
Lay, Lie
Leave, Let
Loose, Lose
Notable, Noticeable
Object, Subject
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Plain, Plane
Pore, Pour
Precedence, Precedent
Presence, Presents
Principal, Principle
Precede, Proceed
Q - T
Quiet, Quit, Quite
Rain, Reign, Rein
Raise, Rise
Sea, See
Sit, Set
Stationary, Stationery
Statue, Stature, Statute
Than, Then
Their, There, They're
Threw, Through
To, Too, Two
U - Z
Vain, Vane, Vein
Vociferous, Voracious
Waist, Waste
Weak, Week
Wear, Were, Where
Weather, Whether, Rather
Whose, Who's
Your, You're