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Accept vs. Except

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Accept:to receive
Except:other than to leave out

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A vs. An

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A: word after starts with consonant
An: word after starts with vowel

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Adapt vs. adopt

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Adapt: to change
Adopt: to take as ones own

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Affect vs. effect

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Affect: to influence
Effect: result(noun); to cause (verb)

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Ain’t

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Never use ain’t

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All ready vs. already

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All ready: ready

Already: before now

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All right vs. alright

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Never use alright; always use all right

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All together vs. altogether

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All together: together as one group

Altogether: completely

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Among vs. between

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Among: 3 or more things
Between: 2 things

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Anxious vs. Eager

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Anxious: negative
Eager: positive

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Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere

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None of these words end in a

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As to vs. about

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Always use about

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At

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Never use after where

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Awhile vs. A while

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Awhile: for a while

A while: after an amount of time

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Bad vs. badly

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Bad: wrong; incorrect
Badly: in a bad way

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Because

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Do not use because after reason

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Being as vs. being that

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Do not use either. Use because or since instead!!!

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Beside vs. besides

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Beside: close to
Besides: in addition to

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Bring vs. take

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Bring: from a far place to a nearer one

Take: from a near place to a more distant one

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Different from vs. different than

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Always use different from

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Doesn’t vs. don’t

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Doesn’t: 3rd person

Don’t: don’t is everything else

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Done

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Done should always follow a helping verb

EX: have done

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Due to

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Due to: caused by

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Farther vs. Further

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Farther: distance
Further: to a greater extent

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Fewer vs. less

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Fewer: things that can be counted
Less: things that can’t be counted

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Gone vs. went

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Gone: used with helping verb
Went: past tense of go

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In vs. into

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In: refers to position
Into: suggests motion

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Irregardless

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Don’t use. Use regardless

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Just

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When means no more than it goes directly in front of the word

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Kind of vs. sort of

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Use rather or somewhat instead

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Learn vs. teach

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Learn: to acquire knowledge
Teach: to give knowledge

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Leave vs. let

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Leave: to allow to remain
Let: to permit

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Like

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Don’t use in place of as

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Of

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Don’t use in place of have

34
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Only

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Place in front of the word you want to modify

35
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Than vs. then

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Than: comparison
Then: refers to time

36
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That/which vs. Who

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That/ which: refer to things

Who: refers to people

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Where

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Don’t use where in place of that

38
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Set vs. sit

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Set: to put in a certain place
Sit: to be seated

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Lay vs. lie

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Lay: to put (laying,laid)
Lie: to recline (lying,lay,lain)

40
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Allusion vs. illusion

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Allusion: reference
Illusion: false idea

41
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Capital vs Capitol

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Capital: everything else
Capitol: building

42
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Complement vs. compliment

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Complement: to complete
Compliment: something nice

43
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Discover vs. invent

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Discover: to find
Invent: to create

44
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Emigrate vs. immigrate

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Emigrate: to leave
Immigrate: to enter

45
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Etc.

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Don’t use and etc.

46
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Good vs. well

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Good: adjective
Well: answers how

47
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Imply vs. infer

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Imply: to suggest
Infer: to interpret

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Loose vs lose

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Loose: not tight
Lose: to not win

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Principle vs. principal

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Principle: rule
Principal: person/ goal

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Raise vs. rise

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Raise: to force up
Rise: to go up

51
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Stationary vs. stationery

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Stationary: un-moving
Stationery: paper

52
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Try to

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Always use try to instead of try and

53
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12 indefinite always singular pronouns

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Each, one, either, neither, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody

54
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What are the 4 indefinite pronouns that are always plural

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Several, few, both, many

55
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What are the 5 indefinite pronouns that are either or?

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Some, all, many, most, none

56
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In subject verb agreement

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There or here are not subjects

Subjects are never in prepositional phrases

57
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A verb must agree with its subject in ?

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Number

58
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Words stating amount are usually

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Singular

59
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The number of is always

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Singular

60
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A number of is always

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Plural

61
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Compound subjects joined by and take a __________ verb.

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Plural

62
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Singular subjects joined by or/not take a ___________ verb.

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Singular

63
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Each, every, or many a take a __________ verb.

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Singular

64
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Do not capitalize directions

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East, north, south, west

65
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Commas are used to separate items in a series

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Commas

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Commas are used to separate 2 or more adjectives before a noun

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Comma

67
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Commas are used before a conjunctions when they join independent clauses

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And, but, or, nor…..

68
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Use commas to separate nonessential phrases and clauses

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You don’t need the phrase to figure out exactly who or what

69
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Use a comma after introductory words

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Comma

70
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Use a comma after introductory participial phrases

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Verb +ing

Verb +ed

71
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Use a comma after 3 or more introductory prepositional phrases

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On the table in the hallway of our house,

72
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Use a comma after renamers

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Izzy, the best player on our team, ….

73
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Use commas after a direct address

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I would say, Bill, ….

74
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Use a comma after parenthetical expressions

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We knew, for example, …..

75
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Use a comma to separate name from title

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Comma

76
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Use a semi-colon to separate 2 independent clauses joined by a parenthetical expression

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…….;therefore,……

77
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Use a semi-colon to separate clauses closely related

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I am sure you’ll like it; it will suit you.

78
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Use a colon to introduce a list; after as follows it the following; when the second clause is summary/explanation of the first; and before a renamer

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Colon

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