Top misused words listing

Do you have trouble remembering which word to use in certain situations? Plenty of words are similar and easy to confuse — and that can make you sound stupid even if what you’ve written is brilliant.

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Commonly misused words

learning learning - 9 months ago

 

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  • dilemma
  • disinterested
  • documentation
  • economic 

 

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Top 20 Abused, Misused, And Mistreated Words

learning learning - 9 months ago

accept: to receive; to answer positively
except: not including; everything but 

anxious: worried/nervous
eager: excited/looking forward to

affect: to pretend; to influence
effect: a result

assure: to make certain (such as with a person)
ensure: to make sure (such as with a thing)
insure: to provide or obtain insurance 

beside: at the side of
besides: in addition to

between: two items that are related
among: three or more things related

choice: a decision or an option
choose: to make a decision
chose: past tense of choose

compliment: to praise
complement: something that completes

farther: literal or physical distance
further: to a greater extent

fewer: comparative with plural items
less: items that are singular

imply: to suggest
infer: to deduce

its: possessive form of it
it's: contraction for it is or it has

lay: to place, which is always followed by an object
lie: to recline
**For present tense only. Tip: If you can replace the word in question with put, then use lay. 

nauseated: not feeling well
nauseous: disgust

via abcarticledirectory

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10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs

learning learning - 9 months ago

1. Your - You’re

2. Then - Than

3. Its - it’s

4. To - Too - Two

5. Were - Where - We’re

6. There - Their - They’re

7. A - An - And

8. Off - Of

9. Here - Hear

10. Lose - Loose

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10 memory aids to help prevent misused words

learning learning - 9 months ago

 

 

 

 

#1: Principal / principle

#2: Council / counsel

#3: Loose / lose

#4: Compliment / complement

#5: Capital / capitol

#6: To / too / two

#7: Bankrupt / bankruptcy, insolvent / insolvency, pregnant / pregnancy

#8: E.g. / i.e.

#9: Imminent / eminent

#10: Allude / elude

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