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Commonly Confused Words. Notes for Grammar and Mechanics Toolkit. alot / a lot / allot. alot – NOT ONE WORD a lot – many allot – to give or share in arbitrary amounts. accept / except. accept – to recognize except - excluding. advice / advise. advice – a recommended opinion - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Commonly Confused Words
Notes for Grammar and Mechanics
Toolkit
alot / a lot / allot
• alot – NOT ONE WORD
• a lot – many
• allot – to give or share in arbitrary amounts
accept / except
• accept – to recognize
• except - excluding
advice / advise
• advice – a recommended opinion
• advise – to give advice; to inform
affect / effect
• affect – to influence
• effect – result ; to bring about
all ready / already
• all ready– completely prepared
• already– by or before a specified or implied time
all together / altogether
• all together– in a group; in unison
• altogether– completely or thoroughly
beside / besides
• beside – next to
• besides – in addition to
capital / capitol
• capital – money invested ; a town or city where a government sits
• capitol – a government building
choose / chose
• choose – to select
• chose – the past tense of choose
complement / compliment
• complement – match
• compliment – praise; to give praise
desert / dessert
• desert – arid, sandy region
• dessert – sweet served after a meal
farther / further
• farther – beyond
• further - additional
lose / loose
• loose – not restrained; not fastened
• lose – to fail to win; to be deprived of
principal / principle
• principal – main ; person in charge
• principle - standard
quiet / quit / quite
• quiet – still ; calm
• quit – to stop ; to discontinue
• quite – very ; fairly ; positively
stationary / stationery
• stationary – not moving
• stationery – writing paper
than / then
• than – in contrast to
• then - next
their / there / they’re
• their – belonging to them
• there – in a place
• they’re – contraction for “they are”
to / too / two
• to – in the direction of
• too – also ; in addition
• two – the number between one and three
weather / whether
• weather – atmospheric conditions; to last or ride out
• whether – if it be the case ; in either case
who / which
• who – refers to people
• which – refers to nonliving objects or to animals (which should never refer to people)
who’s / whose
• who’s – contraction for “who is”
• whose – possessive pronoun
your / you’re
• your – possessive pronoun (belonging to you)
• you’re – contraction for “you are”