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Accept or Except

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Accept: to receive
Except: other than to leave out

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A or an

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A:words after starts on consonant
An: word after starts on vowel

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Adapt or adopt

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Adapt: to change
Adopt: to take as one’s own

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Affect or effect

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Affect: to influence (verb)
Effect: noun=results ; verb=to cause

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Ain’t

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Just don’t use!!!

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All ready or already

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All ready: ready

Already: before now; in the past

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All right or alright

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Don’t use it as one word!

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All together or altogether

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All together: together as one group

Altogether: completely; as a whole

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Among or between

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Among: 3 or more things
Between: 2 things

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Anxious

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Anxious is negative

Eager is positive!

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As to or about

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Never us as to!!! Always use about!

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At

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Don’t use after where!!

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Awhile or A while

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Awhile: for a while (adverb)

A while: after an amount of time

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Bad or badly

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Bad: wrong, incorrect, ill
Badly: in a bad way, or poorly

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