BOLO words Flashcards
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90s / ’90s / 90’s / ’90s
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’90s
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accept / except / expect
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watch for
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advise / advice
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advise give advice
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affect / effect
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affect verb, effect noun
When you affect something it causes an effect.
Can be used differently though, look up to make sure you’re using correctly
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ahold / a hold
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Get ahold of yourself! vs He’s got a hold on her.
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allude / elude
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allude make indirect reference, elude is to avoid
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already / all ready
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You’re already there vs we are all ready
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altogether / all together
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altogether there are nine of us vs are we going all together
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analysis / analyses
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either, analyses plural
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anybody / any body
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anybody can join us vs any body in motion
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anymore / any more
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formally typically 2 words, if used in negative sense ok as one (“not anymore”)
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anyone / any one
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anyone can do that vs any one of you can
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anyplace / any place
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either, anyplace synonym for anywhere
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anything / any thing
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anything you do vs replace any thing with any little thing, use any thing
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anytime / any time
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any time formal…speaking of a specific time, anytime informal, general time frame, no specifics
anytime you want any vs you may leave at any time
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anyway / any way
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anyway synonym for anyhow…any way you can!
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apart / a part
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apart means seperated
Can you replace “a” with two? If so its probably a part with a space
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ascent / assent
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assent to agree, ascent is rise
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awhile / a while
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either, “for” in front? use a while
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back seat/backseat
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Back seat as a noun phrase, climb over the back seat
Backseat or back-seat when adjective…backseat driver or backseat passenger
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basis / bases
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basis base or foundation, bases plural of base
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bear / bare
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bear animal, bare exposed
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boarder / border
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boarder someone who is boarding, border around a room
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breach / breech
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breech opening vs breach of contract
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breaks / brakes
breaks to destroy something, brakes on a car
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breath / breadth
Caught my breath, breadth width
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breathe / breath
breathe verb / breath noun
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build / billed
build something, billed someone
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canceled
(British double-l)
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cannot / can not
usually cannot, other awkward, I can not go
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capital / capitol
capitol state legislature building
| capital is a stash of money or government headquarters of a state
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career / carrier
career as a lawyer, carrier for your cat
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causal / casual
causal of a cause, casual dress
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cease / seize
cease is to stop, seize is to take control of
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cell phone / cellphone
Cell phone like home phone, work phone
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chose / choose
chose past tense, choose verb
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cite / site / sight
cite reference, site location, sight see
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complaint / compliant
complaint result of someone complaining, compliant is to abide by rules
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complement / compliment
complement complete, compliment praise
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conscious / conscience
conscious to be awake, conscience is that voice in the back of your head
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contact / contract
watch for
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council / counsel
counsel is to advise, counsil meeting
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cue / queue
cue is to signal, queue is a line...que not a word
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definitely / definetly
Definitely ...finite is the root word
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depravation / deprivation
depraved or corrupted, deprived is to deny someone something
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desert / dessert
dessert sweets, desert place
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devise / device
watch for
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diagnoses / diagnosis
either, diagnoses is plural
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discreet / discrete
discreet cautious, discrete separate
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do/due
watch for
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enure
legal term, loosely means to take place be available etc
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every / ever
watch for
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every time/everytime
everytime
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everyday / every day
everyday common or informal / every day can be replaced with each day (and it will sound natural)
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everyone/every one
Everyone, everybody synonym Every one is used to emphasize each individual that makes up a group (She would like to thank every one who offered a meal)
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everything/every thing
Everything is the default choice: You've ruined everything. The two-word adjective-noun form is usually divided by an additional adjective: Every little thing she does is magic.
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exuberant / exorbitant
exuberant elated / exhorbitant unreasonably expensive
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fathom / phantom
fathom come to understand / phantom ghostly figure
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follow up / follow-up
Follow up verb, follow-up noun
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gambit/gamut
Gambit - a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage.
Gamut - the complete range or scope of something
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gate / gait
gait is a medical term, the way one walks
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heel / heal
heel part of the foot / heal restore to health
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illicit / elicit
illicit illegal / elicit draw out or obtain
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imminent / eminent
imminent something big / eminent anyone who's famous
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insofar / in so far
Insofar
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insure / ensure
insure to protect financially / ensure make certain
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intact / in tact
intact
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into / in to
we went into the field / I went in to buy some milk, in part of verb use two words
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inure
bring a person or thing to a certain condition or state of mind
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it's / its
it's it is or it has / its is possesive form of it
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judgment / judgement
both are correct spellings, judgment is generally the correct spelling for legal proceedings though
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layout / lay out
layout a setup / lay out to set-up
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lead / led
lead toxic / led past tense of lead
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less / lest
watch for...lest you catch a cold
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let's / lets
Let's let us / lets allows
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maybe / may be
maybe is an alternative to the adverb perhaps; may be a verb phrase used in such sentences as it may be that she was right after all.
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me / my / any
see this one before questions sometimes: I don't have my more questions for you. or Have you understood any questions today? this soundsright, but it's VERY likely in context the word any was misstroked for my.
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moneys
moneys correct, though monies often used in legal docs
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nevertheless / never the less
Nevertheless
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nonetheless / none the less
Nonetheless
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notwithstanding / not withstanding
Notwithstanding
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onto / on to
onto if you can replace with upon, use on to when on is part of the verb (Julia caught on to our plan)
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overtime / over time
As one word, this means work done beyond a regular shift: I've worked overtime several days this week.
As two words, it refers to the passage of time: Over time, we've seen dramatic changes.
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p.m./a.m.
check title pages and start/end times, plus times in parentheticals to make sure the correct ones are used
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pass time /pastime
pastime
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peace of mind / piece of mind
peace of mind
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pedal / petal / peddles
a bicycle has pedals, a flower has petals, and a merchant peddles his crafts.
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per se /per say / persay
per se
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pique / peek / peak
pique upset or excite / peek glance or quick look / peak of the mountain
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precede / proceed
proceed is to continue, precede is to come before
Lookup if unsure
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prescribe / proscribe
Proscribe means to forbid by law.
Prescribe, usually has to do with prescribing drugs or treatment of some sort
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prima facie
based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise
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principal / principle
principal 1st, headmaster of school , financial term / principle basic generalization that is accepted as true
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scribner's error / scrivener's error
scrivener's error
a fancy word for typo in writing or in print.
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seat belt/seatbelt
seat belt
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separately
there's "a rat" in between
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setup / set-up
set up verb, set-up noun...."this" go between? two words
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sometime / some time
The one-word form is an adverb describing vagueness about when something will happen, as in I'll get around to it sometime. Some time when speaking of a specific time
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specialty / speciality
specialty is correct / speciality is British spelling
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stationary / stationery
stationary standing still / stationery paper for writing letters
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statue/statute
watch for
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suppose to / supposed to
supposed to
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than / then
than taller than me / then timing, first came lightning, then thunder
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time frame / timeframe
time frame
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timeline / time line
timeline
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tortious / torturous /tortuous
tortious civil wrongdoing / torturous related to torture / tortuous excessively lengthy
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traveled / travelled
traveled (ll British)
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trial/trail
watch for
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vendor / vender
vendor
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viscous / vicious
viscous relates to consistency of a liquid / vicious particularly evil
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wheal / wheel
wheal medical term
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where ever / wherever
wherever / one word unless "ever" can be replaced with "in the world" Where ever will you find a job?
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where with all / wherewithal
wherewithal
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who's / whose
Who's who is. Whose who with ownership
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wholly / wholely / holy
watch for, wholely not a word
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work out / workout
work out verb, workout noun
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work place / workplace
workplace generally used
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worker's comp / workers' comp / workman's comp / workmen's comp / workmans' comp
workers' comp
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you attorney vs. your attorney
your attorney often mispelled
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ZIP Code
trademarked term, always looks like this
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30(b)(6) 30b6
30(b)(6)
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401(k) 401K
401(k)
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adjuster / adjustor
adjuster
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airbag / air bag
airbag
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albeit / al be it
albeit
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a lot / alot
a lot
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alright / all right
all right (alright informal)
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calendar / calender
calendar
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distributor / distributer
distributor
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fare / fair
you will fare well if you listen, let's go to the fair!
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filed / field / filled
watch for
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deep-seeded / deep-seated
deep-seated
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guarantee / gaurantee
guarantee
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hole / whole
hole in the middle, whole lot of nothing
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indicted / indicated
indicted on charges of___, indicated we will use this room
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loose / lose
my tie is loose, don't lose the key
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lo and behold / low and behold
lo and behold
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manager / manger
watch for
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palate / pallet
watch for
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passed / past
watch for
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perimeter / parameter
perimeter of the building, the parameters of the study
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plural / pleural
plural more than one, pleural medical term
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prospective / perspective
prospective buyer, look at it from his perspective
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rein / rain / reign
rein him in, rain on the wedding day, the king reigned over his country
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realty / reality
watch for
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receipt / reciept
receipt
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revolve / resolve
watch for
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scarred / scared
watch for
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seen / scene
watch for
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sell / sale
watch for
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sense / cents
watch for
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served / severed
watch for
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stake / steak
watch for
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straightforward / straight forward
straightforward
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there / their / they're
watch for
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threw / through / thorough / though / thru
watch for
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to / too / two
watch for
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waive / wave
watch for
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where / wear / were
watch for
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whether / weather
watch for
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worst case scenario
correct
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Adviser vs advisor
Adviser usually
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Acknowledgment
Acknowledgement not as common
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Inquire
Correct, though some spell
| enquire
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Amok
Amuck too, usually amok though
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Lightning
Not lightening
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break down vs breakdown
will you break this down?, breakdown of the system (disruption)
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someday vs some day
someday adverb, describes future time, some day refers to a single day even if the date is not specified
