Confusing Word Pairs Flashcards by Kyle Brookshire | Brainscape

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Principal or principle

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Principal-primary or sum of money or school administrator

Principle- means idea

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Its or it’s

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It’s-contraction it is

Its-possessive

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Further or farther

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Further-refer to additional time

Farther-refer to distance

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Accept or except

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Accept-to receive

Except-other than

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Steal or steel

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Steel-metal

Steal-to take

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Weather or whether

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Weather-atmosphere

Whether-refers to possibility

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Immigrate or emigrate

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Immigrate-come into

Emigrate-to go out of

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Good or well

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Good-adj

Well-adv

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Fewer or less

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Fewer-refer numbers

Less-refer to bulk

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All right

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All right is correct no other form is

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Can or may

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Can-ability

May-permission

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Anyway or anyways

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Only anyway is correct

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Brake or break

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Brake-to stop

break-destroy of period of rest

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Real very or really

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Very or really used as adv

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among or between

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Among- more than 2

Between-only 2

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Beside or besides

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Beside-next to

Besides-in addition

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Council or counsel

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Council-group

Counsel-advice

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Alter or altar

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Alter-change

Altar-platform

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An or a

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An-vowel

A-constant

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Who’s or whose

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Who’s-who is

Whose- possession

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Complement or compliment

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Complement-refer to complete

Compliment-admiration

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Later or latter

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Later-after

Latter-refer to the 2nd of the 2 things mentioned

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Personal or personnel

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Personal-private

Personnel-particular job

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Quote or quotation

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Quote-v

Quotation-n

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Sole or soul

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Sole-single or foot

Soul-sprit

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Sight cite or site

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Sight-see
Cite-to quote
Site-location

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Past or passed

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Passed-v

Past-refer to n

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Continual or continuos

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Continual-happen over and over

Continuos-never stop

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Amount or number

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Amount-bulk

Number-count

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Allusion or illusion

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Allusion-refer to something

Illusion-false pic or idea

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A lot alot

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Use a lot

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Imply or infer

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Imply-express indirectly

Infer-draw conclusion

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Who or whom

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Who-subject to a v

Whom-object of prep as a direct object

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Stationary or stationery

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Stationary-not moveable

Stationery-letter