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aesthetic
affect/effect
alter/altar
anecdote/antidote
antidote
anyway/anyways
Apostrophes in forming plurals
aren’t I/am I not
ask
asterisk
athlete
awhile/a while
bad/badly
bring/take
Chester drawers/chest of drawers
Commas in direct address
Commas with conjunctive adverbs (however, furthermore, etc.)
complimentary/complementary
continual(ly)/continuous(ly)
could of/would of/should of
couple/couple of
Daylight Saving(s) Time
different from/different than
drug/dragged
emigrate
escape
February
figuratively/literally
forego/forgo
forte
further/farther
good/well
healthy/healthful
height
hopefully
Hyphenating
self
in compound words
immigrate/emigrate
irregardless
irregular verbs
jibe
jive/jibe
lackadaisical
less/fewer
library
lie/lay
like/as though/as if
literally/figuratively
mash/press or push
momentarily
moot
myself (used instead of I)
nauseous/nauseated
nonplussed
nuclear
only: misplaced modifier
our
pamphlet
peak/pique
perspective/prospective
pique
podium/lectern
posterity/prosperity
precede/proceed
preventive/preventative
principal/principle
proceed/precede
pronunciation
prosperity/posterity
raise/rise
real/really
reign/rein
rein/reign
stationary/stationery
subject-verb agreement and subject modifiers
than/then
wait on/wait for
who/that
who/whom
your/you’re