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LINKS TO COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS

accept / except
affect / effect
aisle / isle
allusion / illusion / delusion
amount / number
already / all ready
authoritarian / authoritative
beside / besides
cite / sight / site
complement / compliment
credible / creditable / credulous
continual / continuous
connote / denote
desert / dessert
disinterested / uninterested
elicit / illicit
everyday / every day
everyone / every one
farther / further
fewer / less
founder / flounder
good / well
healthy / healthful
ingenious / ingenuous
imply / infer
its / it's
judicial / judicious
lie / lay
lead / led
lose / loose
manner / manor
nauseous / nauseated
observance / observation
oral / verbal
past / passed
pore / pour
prescribe / proscribe
principle / principal
prophecy / prophesy
 stationary / stationery
then / than
they're / their / there
two / to / too
weather / whether
were / we're / where
who / that / which
who / whom
who's / whose
you're / your

 

 

 

For further information on these resources, contact
Margaret L. Benner
benner@towson.edu

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