commonly confused words
By clintz15
@clintz15 (974)
India
September 23, 2006 12:16pm CST
affect and effect,
appraise with apprise,
censure with censor,
climactic and climatic,
complement and compliment,
loose with lose,
palate and palette,
stationary and stationery,
turbid and turgid,
loath and loathe ...........
the list is unending it seems .........
Can you find more ?
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12 responses
@Lackingstyle (7509)
•
28 Sep 06
Wonder and wander. Although I do particularly find it funny when people write "I'll wonder over there" I can't help it, I know I shouldn't!
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@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Dec 19
Another is They're and Their, those really get misused.
@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Dec 19
I'll bet people from the 15th century would really be confused with the English of today.
@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Dec 19
Probably because anyone learning English would not realize the difference when they hear the word pronounced.
@i_agree_but (1183)
• United Arab Emirates
29 Sep 06
all right - alright
all together - altogether
allusion - illusion
altrnately -alternatively
beside -besides
bimonthly -semimonthly
capital -capitol
cite -site
discrete -discrete
disinterested -uninterested
elicit -illicite
emigrant -immigrant
farther -further
foreward -forward
stationary -stationery
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@blessonje (1651)
• India
24 Sep 06
stationary and stationery...ya its little confusing sometime...lots of words there ..