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accept/except
adverse/averse
aesthetic
affect/effect
alter/altar
anecdote/antidote
antidote
anyway/anyways
Apostrophes in forming plurals
aren’t I/am I not
ask
asterisk
athlete
awesome
awhile/a while
bad/badly
bring/take
cache
chester drawers/chest of drawers
Commas & semicolons with however (and other conjunctive adverbs)
Commas in direct address
complimentary/complementary
continual(ly)/continuous(ly)
could of/would of/should of
couple/couple of
dashes/hyphens
Daylight Saving(s) Time
different from/different than
discreet/discrete
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
its/it’s
jibe/jive
lackadaisical
less/fewer
library
lie/lay
like/as though/as if
literally/figuratively
loose/lose
mash/press or push
momentarily
moot
myself (used instead of I)
nauseous/nauseated
nonplussed
nuclear
only: misplaced modifier
our
pamphlet
peak/pique
perspective/prospective
podium/lectern
posterity/prosperity
precede/proceed
preventive/preventative
principal/principle
proceed/precede
pronunciation
raise/rise
real/really
reign/rein
stationary/stationery
subject-verb agreement and subject modifiers
than/then
viral/virile
wait on/wait for
wary/weary
who/that
who/whom
whose/who’s
your/you’re