A Guide To Writing in English: Easily Confused Words
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| Word 1 | Word 2 | review |
| accept | except |  |
| adoptive | adopted | |
| adverse | averse | |
| advice | advise | |
| affect | effect | |
| all ready | already | |
| all together | altogether | |
| allot | a lot | |
| allusion | illusion | |
| altar | alter | |
| ambiguous | ambivalent | |
| among | between | |
| amoral | immoral | |
| appraise | apprise | |
| are | our | |
| augur | auger | |
| award | reward | |
| bad | badly | |
| beside | besides | |
| brake | break | |
| breathe | breath | |
| by | buy | |
| by | bye | |
| can | may | |
| canvas | canvass | |
| capital | capitol | |
| censure | censor | |
| cite | site | |
| clothes | cloths | |
| coarse | course | |
| compare | contrast | |
| compare to | compare with | |
| complement | compliment | |
| consul | counsel | |
| continuous | continual | |
| council | counsel | |
| decent | descent | |
| definite | definitive | |
| defuse | diffuse | |
| delusion | illusion | |
| delusion | allusion | |
| descent | dissent | |
| desert | dessert | |
| discreet | discrete | |
| draft | draught | |
| egoism | egotism | |
| envelop | envelope | |
| flounder | founder | |
| forth | fourth | |
| good | well | |
| grisly | grizzly | |
| hear | here | |
| hoard | horde | |
| hole | whole | |
| hour | our | |
| imply | infer | |
| incidence | incidents | |
| incite | insight | |
| instance | instants | |
| insure | ensure | |
| its | it's | |
| knew | new | |
| know | no | |
| later | latter | |
| lay | lie | |
| lead | led | |
| leave | let | |
| loose | lose | |
| luxuriant | luxurious | |
| marital | martial | |
| notable | noticeable | |
| object | subject | |
| officious | official | |
| passed | past | |
| peace | piece | |
| perspicuous | perspicacious | |
| plain | plane | |
| pore | pour | |
| precede | proceed | |
| precedence | precedent | |
| presence | presents | |
| principal | principle | |
| proscribe | prescribe | |
| quiet | quit | |
| quiet | quite | |
| rain | reign | |
| rain | rein | |
| raise | rise | |
| regretful | regrettable | |
| sea | see | |
| sit | set | |
| site | sight | |
| stationary | stationery | |
| statue | stature | |
| statue | statute | |
| story | storey | |
| than | then | |
| their | there | |
| their | they're | |
| threw | through | |
| to | too | |
| to | two | |
| tortuous | torturous | |
| vain | vein | |
| vain | vane | |
| vociferous | voracious | |
| waist | waste | |
| weak | week | |
| wear | were | |
| wear | where | |
| weather | whether | |
| whether | rather | |
| whose | who's | |
| your | you're | |
