Commonly Confused
Words
and Their Meanings
These are words I've seen confused
and misused hundreds of times in fan fiction and main stream fiction. I hope my
definitions help you.
If you have a word to add to this
list, then I'd love to hear from you. Hey, the list will only expand and improve through
everyone's effort.
&,
And
Addition, Edition
Affect, Effect
Allowed, Aloud
A lot, Alot, Allot
All right, Alright
And,
&
Anyone, Any one
Babies, Baby's
Badly,
Bad
Blairs, Blair's
Bought, Brought
Breath, Breathe
Brothers, Brothers'
Calvary, Cavalry
Can,
May
Can't, Cant
Cause,
'Cause
Core, Corps, Corpse
Complement, Compliment
Defiantly, Definitely
Desert, Dessert
Do,
Due, Dew
Don't,
Dont
Either, Or
Edition, Addition
Effect, Affect
Eminent, Imminent
Enthused,
Enthusiastic(ally)
Everyone, Every one
Exterior, Interior
Farther, Further
Floor, Ground
friends, friend's
God,
god
Good,
Well
Ground, Floor
Heart,
Hart
Here,
Hear
Imminent, Eminent
Interior, Exterior
Its,
It's
Jims, Jim's
Knew, New
Know, No
Lay, Lie / Laying, Lying
Lead,
Led
Lose,
Loose
May,
Can
New, Knew
Neither, Nor
No, Know
No
one, Noone
Or, Either
Past,
Passed
Peak, Peek, Pique
Peace,
Piece
Plain,
Plane
Pour, Pore, Poor
Pray,
Prey
Precede, Proceed
Prone, Supine
Quite,
Quiet
Simons, Simon's
Sink, Sank, Sunk
Sit,
Set
Staring, Starring
Suite, Suit
Supine, Prone
Sweat, Sweet
Sweet, Suite
Then,
Than
There, Their, They're
Though, Through, Throught, Thought
To,
Too, Two
Well,
Good
Were,
We're
Who's,
Whose
Write,
Right, Wright
Your,
You're
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