Commonly Confused Words
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
ACCEPT-to receiveex: He accepts defeat well.EXCEPT-to take or leave outex: Please take all the books off the shelf except for the red one.
AFFECT-to influenceex: Lack of sleep affects the quality of your work.EFFECT-n., result, v., to accomplishex: The subtle effect of the lighting made the room look ominous.ex: Can the university effect such a change without disrupting classes?
A LOT (two words)-many.ALOT (one word)-Not the correct form.
ALLUSION-an indirect referenceex:The professor made an allusion to Virginia Woolf's work.ILLUSION-a false perception of realityex: They saw a mirage: that is a type of illusion one sees in the desert.
ALL READY-preparedex: Dinner was all ready when the guests arrived.ALREADY-by this timeex: The turkey was already burned when the guests arrived.
ALTOGETHER-entirelyex: Altogether, I thought that the student's presentation was well planned.ALL TOGETHER-gathered, with everything in one placeex: We were all together at the family reunion last spring.
APART-to be separatedex: The chain-link fence kept the angry dogs apart. OR My old car fell apart before we reached California.A PART-to be joined withex: The new course was a part of the new field of study at the university. OR A part of this plan involves getting started at dawn.
ASCENT- climbex: The
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
ACCEPT-to receiveex: He accepts defeat well.EXCEPT-to take or leave outex: Please take all the books off the shelf except for the red one.
AFFECT-to influenceex: Lack of sleep affects the quality of your work.EFFECT-n., result, v., to accomplishex: The subtle effect of the lighting made the room look ominous.ex: Can the university effect such a change without disrupting classes?
A LOT (two words)-many.ALOT (one word)-Not the correct form.
ALLUSION-an indirect referenceex:The professor made an allusion to Virginia Woolf's work.ILLUSION-a false perception of realityex: They saw a mirage: that is a type of illusion one sees in the desert.
ALL READY-preparedex: Dinner was all ready when the guests arrived.ALREADY-by this timeex: The turkey was already burned when the guests arrived.
ALTOGETHER-entirelyex: Altogether, I thought that the student's presentation was well planned.ALL TOGETHER-gathered, with everything in one placeex: We were all together at the family reunion last spring.
APART-to be separatedex: The chain-link fence kept the angry dogs apart. OR My old car fell apart before we reached California.A PART-to be joined withex: The new course was a part of the new field of study at the university. OR A part of this plan involves getting started at dawn.
ASCENT- climbex: The