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MUKHTIAR ALI · #1 Thursday, June 07, 2007

Commonly Misspelled English Words

accidentally
accommodate
acknowledgment
acquainted
acquire
across
all right
already
amateur
appearance
appropriate
bellwether
bureau
business
calendar
canceled
Caribbean
cemetery
changeable
chrysanthemum
Cincinnati
collectible
commitment
committee
connoisseur
conscientious
conscious
convenience
corduroy
deceive
defendant
definitely
desirable
desperate
eligible
eliminate
embarrass
environment
existence
fascinating
February
fluorine
foreign
forty
gauge
government
grammar
grateful
harass
humorous
hurrying
incidentally
independent
indispensable
inoculate
irresistible
jewelry
judgment
laboratory
liaison
leisure
library
license
lieutenant
lightning
liquefy
maintenance
marriage
medieval
millennium
miniature
miscellaneous
Mississippi
misspelled
mnemonic
mysterious
necessary
noticeable
occasionally
occurrence
opportunity
optimistic
parallel
patience
performance
permanent
permissible
perseverance
personnel
possess
privilege
propaganda
questionnaire
receipt
receive
restaurant
rhythm
ridiculous
sacrilegious
sergeant
separate
seize
sheriff
sincerely
stubbornness
supersede
tangible
temperament
temperature
transferred
truly
twelfth
vaccinate
vacuum
Wednesday
weird
wholly

Commonly Confused English Words

adverse: unfavorable
averse: opposed

affect: to influence
effect: to bring about

allusion: an indirect reference
illusion: an unreal impression

appraise: to set a value on
apprise: to inform

biannual: occurring twice a year
biennial: occurring every two years

capital: the seat of government
capitol: building where a legislature meets

complement: to make complete; something that completes
compliment: to praise; praise

counselor: one who gives advice or counsel
councilor: a member of a council

denote: to mean
connote: to suggest beyond the explicit meaning

discreet: prudent
discrete: separate, distinct

disinterested: impartial
uninterested: without interest

elicit: to draw or bring out
illicit: illegal

emigrate: to leave for another place of residence
immigrate: to come to another place of residence

ensure: to make certain
insure: to protect against
assure: to inform postively or confidently

exalt: to glorify
exult: to rejoice

farther: at a greater distance
further: to a greater extent or degree

fewer: a smaller number (of things)
less: a smaller amount (of something)

grisly: inspiring horror or great fear
grizzly: sprinkled or streaked with gray

historic: important in history
historical: relating to history

hoard: a supply stored up and often hidden
horde: a teeming croud or throng

immanent: inherent; residing within
imminent: ready to take place
eminent: standing out

imminent: ready to take place
eminent: standing out

imply: to suggest but not explicitly; to entail
infer: to assume or understand information not relayed explicitly

include: used when the items following are part of a whole
comprise: used when the items following are all of a whole

incredible: unbelievable
incredulous: skeptical

ingenious: clever
ingenuous: innocent

it's: it is
its: a possessive adjective

lay: to put or place
lie: (intransitive) to recline or rest

oral: spoken, as opposed to written
verbal: relating to language

principal: n., business owner, head of school; adj., most important
principle: a basic law or truth; a moral or ethical standard

prostrate: stretched out face down
prostate: relating to prostate gland

set: to place; to cause someone or something to sit
sit: to rest on the buttocks or haunches

their: belonging to them
there: in that place
they're: they are

who:nominative case
whom: objective case

your:belonging to you
you're: you are

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