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
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
via theprobabilist

#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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