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Words Commonly Misused
Here are the Words commonly misused. There are some words that sound or appear similar to others and thus are often wrongly used. If there is any doubt about the meaning of any of such words, a dictionary should be consulted. A wrong word can drastically alter the meaning of what is intended or make no sense at all. For Example : 1. He applied the brakes.
2. He applied the breaks.
It may seem so obvious that the second sentence is incorrect. But this and other mistakes continue to be made. Such mistakes reduce the effectiveness of a letter and should be avoided. The following is a list of words that are often misused.
Words Commonly Misused
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Accept, Except
Access, Assess
Adapt, Adopt
Advice, Advise
Affect, Effect
Allusion, Illusion
Alternate, Alternative
Angle, Angel
Appraise, Apprise
Assure, Insure
Biannual, Biennial
Birth, Berth
Born, Borne
Brakes, Breaks
Buy, By
Canvas, Canvass
Cease, Seize
Clothes, Cloths
Check, Cheque
Complement, Compliment
Course, Coarse
Co-Operation
Correspondents, Correspondence
Council, Counsel
Current, Currant
Curtsey, Courtesy
Cue, Queue
Deceased, Diseased
Dependant, Dependent
Desert, Dessert
Device, Devise
Diary, Dairy
Draft, Draught
Dying, Dyeing
Elicit, Illicit
Emigrate, Immigrate, Migrate Eminent, Imminent
Ensure, Insure
Envelop, Envelope
Expand, Expend
Faint, Feint
Fair, Fare
Flare, Flair
Flout, Flaunt
Forebear, Forbear
Formally, Formerly
Fortuitous, Fortunate
Great, Grate
Heard, Herd
Honorary, Honorable
Knew, New
Know, No
Lead, Led
Licence, License
Lightening, Lightning
Mail, Male
Our, Hour
Palate, Palette, Pallet
Paltry, Poultry
Partition, Petition
Passed, Past
Peace, Piece
Personal, Personnel
Plum, Plumb
Populace, Populous
Practice, Practice
Precede, Proceed
Principal, Principle
Prophecy, Prophesy
Quiet, Quite
Rack, Wrack
Read, Red
Resource, Recourse
Rest, Wrest
Sail, Sale
Stationary, Stationery
There, Their
Trial, Trail
Vacation, Vocation
Wring, Ring
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