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aesthetic, pronounced “aestetic”
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affect/effect
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alter/altar
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anyway/anyways
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Apostrophes in forming plurals
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aren’t I/am I not
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ask, pronounced “ax” or “aks”
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asterisk, pronounced “asterick”
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athlete, pronounced “athelete”
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bad/badly
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bring/take
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Commas in direct address
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Commas with conjunctive adverbs (however, furthermore, etc.)
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complimentary/complementary
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different from/different than
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drug/dragged
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emigrate
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escape, pronounced “exscape”
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February, pronounced “Febuary”
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figuratively/literally
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forego/forgo
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forte, pronounced “FOR-tay”
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further/farther
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good/well
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healthy/healthful
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height, pronounced “heighth”
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hopefully
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Hyphenating self in compound words
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immigrate/emigrate
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irregardless
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irregular verbs
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lackadaisical, pronounced “laxadaisical”
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less/fewer
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library, pronounced “liberry”
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lie/lay
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like/as though/as if
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literally/figuratively
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mash/press or push
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momentarily
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moot, pronounced “mute”
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myself (used instead of I)
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nauseous/nauseated
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nuclear, pronounced “nucular”
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only: misplaced modifier
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our, pronounced “are” or like the letter “r”
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pamphlet, pronounced “pamplet”
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peak/pique
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pique
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podium/lectern
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posterity/prosperity
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precede/proceed
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preventive/preventative
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proceed/precede
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prosperity/posterity
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real/really
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reign/rein
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rein/reign
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stationary/stationery
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than/then
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wait on/wait for
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who/that
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who/whom