A vs. An Active vs. Passive Voice Adapt vs. Adopt Advice vs. Advise Adviser vs. Advisor Affect vs. Effect A Lot vs. Alot All Together vs. Altogether Amount of vs. Number of Apart vs. A Part Apprise vs. Appraise As vs. Since vs. Because Anyone vs. Any One Anytime vs. any time
Because of vs. Due to Between vs. Among Born vs. Borne
Can vs. May Can vs. May Capital vs. Lower Case in Titles Capital vs. Capitol Capitalization after colons vs. lower case after colons Childish vs. Childlike Complementary vs. Complimentary Continually vs. Continuously Currently vs. Presently
Datum vs. Data Diffuse vs. Defuse Discrete vs. Discreet
Each Other vs. One Another Economical vs. Economic Everyday vs. Every Day
Farther vs. Further (Feel) Badly vs. (Feel) Bad Flier vs. Flyer
Good vs. Well
Honing vs. Homing (in on)
I vs. Me I vs. Me, Two I was vs. I were Imply vs. Infer Importantly vs. Important (at the Beginning of a Sentence) i.e. vs. e.g. Incredulous vs. Incredible Inside vs. Outside Quotation Marks Insure vs. Ensure vs. Assure Into vs. In To Its vs. It's
Joint vs. Individual Possession
Lay vs. Lie Lead vs. Led Less vs. Fewer Like vs. As
May vs. Might Me vs. Myself Misplaced vs. Well-Placed Modifiers Moral vs. Morale Muster vs. Mustard Mute vs. Moot (Point)
On vs. upon Or vs. Nor
Peek vs. Peak Percent vs. Percentage Perspective vs. Prospective Pique vs. Peak Pore vs. Pour Prefixes vs. Suffixes Prevent vs.Avoid Primer vs. Primer Principal vs. Principle Purposely vs. Purposefully
Recurring vs. Reoccurring Regardless vs. Irregardless Reticent vs. Hesitant
Sensuous vs. Sensual Shall vs.Will Sight vs. Site vs. Cite Simple vs. Simplistic South vs. south Staff is vs. staff are (or, verbs for collective nouns) Stationery vs. Stationary
Tact vs. Tack That vs. Which That vs. Who Their, They, Them vs. His, He, Him
Titled vs. Entitled Toward vs. Towards Transitive vs. Intransitive Verbs
Underway vs. Under Way Uninterested vs. Disinterested Use vs. Utilize
Weather vs. Whether Whether vs.If Who vs. Whom Whose vs. Who's
Your vs. You're
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