88

g o o f - p ro o f

GRAMMAR

Commonly Confused Words

The list provided here contains some of the most commonly confused words, along with a brief denition of each.
CONFUSING WORDS Accept: Except: Access: Excess: Adapt: Adopt: Affect: Effect (noun): Effect (verb): All ready: Already: Allude: Elude: Illusion: All ways: Always: Altar: Alter: Among: Between: Appraise: Apprise Assure: Ensure: Insure: Beside: Besides: QUICK DEFINITION Recognize Excluding Means of approaching Extra To adjust To take as ones own To inuence Result To bring about Totally prepared By this time Make indirect reference to Evade Unreal appearance Every method Forever A sacred table To change In the middle of several In an interval separating (two) To establish value To inform To make certain (assure someone) To make certain To make certain (nancial value) Next to In addition to

re s o u rc e s

89

CONFUSING WORDS Bibliography: Biography: Breath: Breathe: Breadth: Capital (noun): Capital (adjective): Capitol: Complement: Compliment: Continual: Continuous: Decent: Descent: Disburse: Disperse: Disinterested: Uninterested: Elicit: Illicit: Eminent: Imminent: Envelop: Envelope: Farther: Further: Immigrate: Emigrate: Imply: Infer: Incredible: Incredulous:

QUICK DEFINITION List of writings A life story Respiration To inhale and exhale Width Money Most important Government building Match Praise Constantly Uninterrupted Well-mannered Decline, fall To pay To spread out No strong opinion either way Dont care To stir up Illegal Well known Pending Surround Paper wrapping for a letter Beyond Additional Enter a new country Leave a country Hint, suggest Assume, deduce Beyond belief, astonishing Skeptical, disbelieving

90

g o o f - p ro o f

GRAMMAR
QUICK DEFINITION Not tight Unable to nd Something may possibly be Perhaps Do too much Late To mistreat To take legal action Individual Employees Go before Continue Prots Main Person in charge Standard Still, not moving Writing material In contrast to Next Belonging to them In a place They are On the way to Also Climate If Substitute for he, she, or they Substitute for him, her, or them Belonging to you You are

CONFUSING WORDS Loose: Lose: May be: Maybe: Overdo: Overdue: Persecute: Prosecute: Personal: Personnel: Precede: Proceed: Proceeds: Principal (adjective): Principal (noun): Principle: Stationary: Stationery: Than: Then: Their: There: Theyre: To: Too: Weather: Whether: Who: Whom: Your: Youre: