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Spelling


Below is a list of frequently misspelled words, as well as words that are commonly confused.  Consulting a dictionary will help to eliminate problems with these words.

 

accept, except

advice, advise

affect, effect

a lot, allot

amount, number

are, our

assure, ensure, insure

choose, chose

cite, sight, site

coarse, course

complement, compliment

conscience, conscious

their, there, they're

too, two, to

weather, whether, wether

consul, council, counsel

continual, continuous

credible, credulous, creditable

desert, dessert

dining, dinning

disburse, disperse

does, dose

farther, further

faze, phase

fewer, less

forth, fourth

hear, here

were, where, we’re

who’s, whose

imply, infer

it’s, its

later, latter

loose, lose

miner, minor

moral, morale

peace, piece

personal, personnel

principal, principle

quiet, quite

stationary, stationery

than, then

woman. women

you’re, your

 

 

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