Writing Techniques: Commonly Confused Words

Note: I made this type 3 because it will be time-intensive.

This may be a boring swap. However, as writers, we have to pay attention to the boring to be better writers. This is purely practice.

Below is a iist of commonly confused words in the English language. It comes from this website which will define them. http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/conford.html

Pick out at least 5 of these sets that have given you trouble in the past. Create a sentence for each word in the set, using it correctly.

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THE WORD SETS:

Accept / Except

Affect / Effect

A Lot / Alot

Allusion / Illusion

All Ready / Already

Altogether / All Together

Apart / A Part

Ascent / Assent

Breath / Breathe

Capital / Capitol

Cite / Sight / Site

Complement / Compliment

Conscience / Conscious

Council / Counsel

Elicit / Illicit

Eminent / Immanent / Imminent

Its / It's

Lead / Led

Lie / Lay

Lose / Loose

Novel

Passed / Past

Precede / Procede

Principal / Principle

Quote / Quotation

Reluctant / Reticent

Stationary / Stationery

Supposed To / Suppose

Than / Then

Their / There / They're

Through / Threw / Thorough / Though / Thru

To / Too / Two

Who / Which / That

Who / Whom