Crawly Crypt Collection 1/crawlyvol1.bin/apps/word/gram_151/grammar.txt

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> AFFECT
> EFFECT
  Affect or effect?
    AFFECT (vb.) - to influence, to change
    EFFECT - to accomplish (vb.); result (n.)
>AFTERWARDS
    AFTERWARDS - Use 'afterward'.
>TOWARDS
    TOWARDS - Use 'toward'.
>ALRIGHT
  All right or alright?
    ALL RIGHT - the correct form
    ALRIGHT - no such spelling, use 'all right'
> ALLUD
> ELUD
>REFER
  Allude, elude, or refer?
    ALLUDE - to refer to directly
    ELUDE - to escape
    REFER - to mention something definitely
> ANNUAL
    ANNUAL - Don't use 'first' with annual. If it's the first time,
    it can't be annual.
> AVERS
>ADVERS
  Adverse or averse?
    ADVERSE - opposed
    AVERSE - disinclined
> BLOCK
  Bloc or block?
    BLOC - a coalition of people or a group with the same purpose or
    goal.
    BLOCK - "Too many definitions to list.  Consult the dictionary if
    a definition is required."
> COMPOSE
> COMPOSING
> COMPRISE
> COMPRISING
  Compose or comprise?
    COMPOSE - putting things together
    COMPRISE - once the parts are put together, the object comprises
    the parts
> COUPLE
    COUPLE - It's never "a couple tomatoes." You need the 'of'.
>DEMOLISH
>DESTROY
    DEMOLISH or DESTROY - 'Demolish' and 'destroy' mean to do away
    completely. You can't partially demolish or destroy anything, nor
    is there any need to say totally destroyed.
>DIFFERENT THAN
    DIFFERENT THAN - Things and people are 'different' from each
    other.  Don't write that they are different than each other.
>DROWN
    DROWN - Don't say someone 'was drowned' unless an assailant held
    the victim's head under water.  Just say the victim drowned.
>DUE TO
>OWING TO
    DUE TO or OWING TO - The last is prefered:
        WRONG: The game was canceled 'due to' rain.
        STILTED: 'Owing to' rain, the game was cancelled.
        RIGHT: The game was canceled 'because of' rain.
>ECOLOGY
>ECOLOGI
>ENVIRONMENT
  Ecology or environment?
    ECOLOGY - the study of the relationship between organisms and
    their environment
    ENVIRONMENT - the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which
    one is surrounded
> EITHER
>"EITHER
    EITHER - one or the other, not both
>FLIER
>FLYER
  Flier or flyer?
    FLIER - airmen
    FLYER - handbills
>FLOUT
>FLAUNT
  Flout or flaunt?
    FLOUT - to mock, to scoff or to show disdain for
    FLAUNT - to display ostentatiously.
>FUNERAL
    FUNERAL - 'Funeral service' is a redundant expression.  A funeral
    is a service.
>HEAD UP
>HEADS UP
>HEADED UP
>HEADING UP
    HEAD UP - People don't 'head up' committees.  They head them.
>HOPEFULLY
    HOPEFULLY - 'Hopefully' is one of the most commonly misused
    words, in spite of what the dictionary may say.  Hopefully should
    describe the way the subject feels.  For instance:
        "Hopefully, I shall present the plan to the president."  (This
        means I will be hopeful when I do it.)  But it is something
        else again when you attribute hope to a non-person.
    You may write:
        "Hopefully, the war will end soon."  This means you hope the
        war will end soon, but it is not what you are writing.  What
        you mean is: I hope the war will end soon.
> IMPLY
> IMPLIE
> INFER
  Imply or infer?
    IMPLY - the speaker implies
    INFER - the hearer infers
>IN ADVANCE OF
>PRIOR TO
    IN ADVANCE OF or PRIOR TO - Use 'before' instead of 'in advance
    of' or 'prior to'.
> IT'S
>"IT's
> ITS
>"ITS
  Its or it's?
    ITS - is the possessive
    IT'S - is the contraction of 'it is'
>LEAVE ALONE
>LET ALONE
  'Leave alone' or 'let alone'?
    LEAVE ALONE - to depart from or cause to be in solitude
    LET ALONE - to be undisturbed
> LESS
>"LESS
> FEW
>"FEW
  Few or less?
    FEW - used in reference to number
    LESS - used in reference to quantity
>MARSHAL
>MARTIAL
  Marshal, marshall, or martial?
    MARSHAL - a high official; a person who arranges the ceremonial
    aspects of a gathering
    MARSHALL - is correct only when the word is a proper noun (ie.
    John Marshall)
    MARTIAL - pertaining to war, military
> MEDIAN
    MEDIAN - Use 'mean' as synonymous with 'average'.  Each word
    refers to the sum of all components divided by the number of
    components.  'Median' is the number that has as many components
    above it as below.
> VERBAL
> ORAL
  Oral or verbal?
    ORAL - use of the mouth is central to the thought; the word
    emphasizes the idea of human utterance
    VERBAL - may apply to spoken or written words; it connotes the
    process of reducing ideas to writing.  Usually, it's a verbal
    contract, not an oral one, if it's in writing.
> OVER
>"OVER
>MORE THAN
    OVER or MORE THAN - 'Over' and 'more than' aren't interchangeable.
    Over refers to spatial relationships: The plane flew over the
    city.  More than is used with figures: In the crowd were more than
    1,000 fans.
>PEDDLE
>PEDAL
  Peddle or pedal?
    PEDDLE - selling something
    PEDAL - riding a bicycle or similar form of locomotion
> PRETENS
> PRETEXT
  Pretense or pretext?
    PRETENSE - a "false show"; a more overt act intended to conceal
    personal feelings: My profuse compliments were all pretense.
    PRETEXT - that which is put forward to conceal a truth: He was
    discharged for tardiness, but this was only a pretext for general
    incompetence
>PRINCIPLE
>PRINCIPAL
  Principal or principle?
    PRINCIPAL (n. or adj.) - the first dominant, or leading thing
    PRINCIPLE (n.) - a guiding rule or basic truth
> REFUTE
> RESPOND
  Refute or respond?
    REFUTE - connotes success in argument and almost always impiles an
    editorial judgement
    RESPOND - to say something in return
>RELUCTANT
>RETICENT
  Reluctant or reticent?
    RELUCTANT - if someone doesn't want to act
    RETICENT - if someone doesn't want to speak
>TEMPERATURE
    TEMPERATURE - 'Temperatures' may get higher or lower, but they
    don't get warmer or cooler.
>UNDERWAY
>UNDER WAY
    UNDERWAY or UNDER WAY - Not 'underway'.  But don't say something
    got 'under way'.  Say it started or began.
>UNIQUE
    UNIQUE - Something that is 'unique' is the only one of its kind.
    It can't be very unique or somewhat unique or quite unique or
    rather unique.  Don't use it unless you really mean unique.
>WHO
>WHOM
  Who or whom?
    WHO - used when the somebody has been the actor
    WHOM - refers to someone who has been the object of an action
        A nineteen-year-old woman, to whom the room was rented, left
        the window open.
        A nineteen-year-old woman, who rented the room, left the
        window open.
>WHO'S
>WHOSE
  Who's or whose?
    WHO'S - though it incorporates an apostrophe, "who's" is not a
    possessive.  It's a contraction for 'who is'.
    WHOSE - is the possessive
        WRONG: I don't know who's coat it is.
        RIGHT: I don't know whose coat it is.
        RIGHT: Find out who's there.
>.*
  A 'space' was NOT found after a period.
>,*
  A 'space' was NOT found after a comma.
> ROUT
  Rout or route?
    ROUT - an overwhelming defeat
    ROUTE - the path taken from one point to another
> ADAPT
> ADEPT
  Adapt or adept?
    ADAPT - to adjust
    ADEPT - proficient
> CONNIV
> CONSPIR
  Connive or conspire?
    CONNIVE - to encourage or assent to a wrong by silence
    CONSPIRE - to plot or scheme for evil or unlawful purposes
> DATA
> DATUM
  Data or datum?
    DATA - a collection of facts or figures from which conclusions
    can be made.  (Data is composed of datum.)
    DATUM - a known, assumed, or conceded fact from which an
    inference is made
> PORE
>"PORE
> POUR
>"POUR
  Pore or pour?
    PORE - a small opening, especially a minute perforation in the
    skin
    POUR - to cause to flow in a continuous stream
> DISCREET
> DISCRET
  Discreet or discrete?
    DISCREET - wise in avoiding errors or selecting the best means to
    accomplish a purpose
    DISCRETE - disconnected from others; distinct or separate
>CONTINUAL
>CONTINUOUS
  Continual or continuous?
    CONTINUAL - frequently recurring; refers to time and implies
    close succession (continual rains)
    CONTINUOUS - uninterrupted; refers to time and space and implies
    continuity (continuous heartbeat)
> LOATH
  Loath or loathe?
    LOATH - strongly reluctant; averse.  (Also spelled as 'loth'.)
    LOATHE - to feel great hatred or disgust for; abhor; detest
> TAUNT
> TOUT
  Taunt or tout?
    TAUNT - a sarcastic, biting speech or remark
    TOUT - to solicit customers, votes, etc.
> SENSUAL
> SENSUOUS
  Sensual or sensuous?
    SENSUAL - unduly indulgent to the appetites of sexual pleasure
    SENSUOUS - pertaining or appealing to or derived from the senses:
    used in a higher and purer sense than sensual
> ANTAGONI
> PROTAGONI
  Antagonist or protagonist?
    ANTAGONIST - an adversary; enemey
    PROTAGONIST - a leader in any enterprise or contest
> CONSTRAIN
> RESTRAIN
  Constrain or restrain?
    CONSTRAIN - to compel by physical or moral means; oblige
    RESTRAIN - to hold back from acting, or advancing; repress
> CONNOT
> DENOT
  Connote or denote?
    CONNOTE - to indicate or imply along with the literal meaning;
    mention by implication
    DENOTE - to point out or make known
> ABUNDAN
> FULSOME
  Abundant or fulsome?
    ABUNDANT - affording a plentiful supply; ample
    FULSOME - offensive and distasteful because excessive
> GESTUR
> GESTICULAT
  Gesticulate or gesture?
    GESTICULATE - to make motions with the hands or arms, as in
    speaking
    GESTURE - an expressive action or motion, used to express some
    idea or emotion
> EVOKE
> INVOKE
  Evoke or invoke?
    EVOKE - to call or summon forth; elicit, as an emotion or reply
    INVOKE - to call on for aid or protection
> TROOP
> TROUPE
  Troop or troupe?
    TROOP - an assembled company; gathering
    TROUPE - a company of actors or other performers
> OPTIMAL
> OPTIMUM
  Optimal or optimum?
    OPTIMAL - of, pertaingin to, indicating, or characterized by an
    optimum
    OPTIMUM - the condition or degree producing the best result
>A GREAT DEAL OF
  Wordy - Use "much" instead of "a great deal of".
>ANY ONE
>ANYONE
  Any one or anyone?
    ANY ONE - used to distinguish one person from others in the same
    group or class: "Any one of these men may be guilty."
    ANYONE: Any person at all: "Can anyone identify the culprit?"
> ROB
> ROBBED
> ROBBING
> STEAL
> STEALING
> STOLE
  Rob or steal?
    ROB - to seize and carry off the property of by unlawful violence
    or threat of violence
    STEAL - to take from another without right, authority, or
    permission, and usually in a secret manner
>ALL READY
>ALREADY
  All ready or already?
    ALL READY - entirely ready (The work is all ready for you.)
    ALREADY - action has occurred (I have already finished the work.)
> AND OR
> AND/OR
    AND OR - Avoid the use of "and or" together in a sentence.
    Rewrite.
>AROUND
>ABOUT
  About or around?
    ABOUT - around the outside; on every side
    AROUND - so as to encompass or encircle all sides
> ASSUM
> PRESUM
  Assume or presume?
    ASSUME - to take up or adopt, as a style of dress, or character
    PRESUME - to take upon oneself without warrant or permission
> CAN NOT
    CAN NOT - Usage error.  Use "cannot" instead of "can not".
>INSIDE OF
    INSIDE OF - Use "inside" or "within".
>LATER ON
    LATER ON - Use "later".
>MOST OF THE
    MOST OF THE - Use "most".
> OFF OF
    OFF OF - Use "off".
>ONE OF THE
    ONE OF THE - Use "one", "a" or "an".
> END UP
    END UP - Use "end".
>IN MOST CASES
    IN MOST CASES - Use "usually".
>IN ORDER TO
    IN ORDER TO - Use "to".
>IN RARE CASES
    IN RARE CASES - Use "rarely".
>REFERENCE TO
    REFERENCE TO - Use "concerning" or "about".
>AMONG
>BETWEEN
  Among or between?
    AMONG - use when reference is to more than two
    BETWEEN - use when reference is made to only two persons
>ACCEPT
>EXCEPT
  Accept or except?
    ACCEPT - to receive
    EXCEPT - to exclude
> FEEL
> THINK
  Feel or think?
    FEEL - to perceive or become aware of by the senses: to feel the
    prick of a pin
    THINK - to produce or form in the mind; conceive mentally: to
    think evil thoughts
> PASSED
> PAST
  Passed or past?
    PASSED - (rarely used) to go by or move past and leave behind
    PAST - belonging in time gone by; hence, accomplished or ended
>",
  A 'comma' belongs on the left side of double quotes.
>".
  A 'period' belongs on the left side of double quotes.
>"!
  An 'exclamation mark' belongs on the left side of double quotes.
>ADVIS
>INFORM
>INFORMED
>INFORMING
  Advise or inform?
    ADVISE - to give advice to; council
    INFORM - to tell (someone) facts or information previously
    unknown; make someone knowing to
> CONCISE
> PRECISE
  Concise or precise?
    CONCISE - expressing much in brief form; compact; terse
    PRECISE - shapely or clearly determined; exact
>ACCEDE
>EXCEED
  Accede or exceed?
    ACCEDE - to adhere to an agreement
    EXCEED - to surpass
> APPRAIS
> APPRIS
> APPRIZ
  Appraise, apprise, or apprize?
    APPRAISE - to value
    APPRISE - to inform, to notify
    APPRIZE - to put a value on; seldom used, same as appraise
>FURTHERMORE
>MOREOVER
  Furthermore or moreover?
    FURTHERMORE - in addition; moreover
    MOREOVER - beyond what has been said; further; besides; likewise
> INSURE
> ASSURE
  Assure or insure?
    ASSURE - to make sure or secure; establish against change
    INSURE - to contract to pay or be paid an indemnity in the event
    of harm to or the loss or death of
> ASCRIB
> DESCRIB
> PRESCRIB
  Ascribe, describe, or prescribe?
    ASCRIBE - to refer, as to a cause or source; attribute
    DESCRIBE - to give an account of; represent, with spoken or
    written words
    PRESCRIBE - to set down as a direction or rule to be followed
> HENCE
> THENCE
> WHENCE
  Hence, thence, or whence?
    HENCE - away from this place
    THENCE - from that place
    WHENCE - from what place.  ('Whence' is correlative of 'thence'.)
> ENCROACH
> IMPINGE
> INFRINGE
> TRESPASS
  Encroach, impinge, infringe, or trespass?
    ENCROACH - to intrude upon the possessions or right of another by
    or as by stealth; trespass
    IMPINGE - to come into contact; strike; collide
    INFRINGE - to break or disregard the terms or requirements of, as
    an oath or law; violate
    TRESPASS - to violate wilfully and forcibly the personal or
    property rights of another
> OBTRUD
> PROTRUD
> INTRUD
> EXTRUD
  Extrude, intrude, obtrude, or protrude?
    EXTRUDE - to force, thrust, or push out; expel
    INTRUDE - to thrust or force in without leave or excuse
    OBTRUDE - to thrust or force (oneself, an opinion, etc.) upon
    others without request or warrant
    PROTRUDE - to push or thrust out; project outward
> DISPENS
> DISBURS
> DISPERS
  Disburse, dispense, or disperse?
    DISBURSE - to pay out; expend
    DISPENSE - to give or deal out in portions; distribute (as
    medicine)
    DISPERSE - to cause to scatter and go off in various directions
> SUPPRESS
> REPRESS
  Repress or suppress?
    REPRESS - to keep under restraint or control
    SUPPRESS - to put an end to
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> RACK
> WRACK
  Rack or wrack?
    RACK - an open grating, framework to hold dishes, fodder for
    horses, etc.
    WRACK - marine vegetation and floating material cast ashore by the
    sea.  The state of being wrecked; ruin; destruction.  Shipwreck; a
    wrecked vessel.
    RACK or WRACK - thin, flying or broken clouds.  Any floating
    vapor.
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>ADHERENCE
>ADHERENTS
  Adherence or adherents?
    ADHERENCE - attachment
    ADHERENTS - followers
>ADDITION
>EDITION
  Addition or edition?
    ADDITION - something added
    EDITION - the whole number of copies published at one time
>ALL TOGETHER
>ALTOGETHER
  All together or altogether?
    ALL TOGETHER - in a body (The family is all together.)
    ALTOGETHER - entirely (You are altogether right.)
>ALLUSION
>DELUSION
>ILLUSION
  Allusion, delusion, or illusion?
    ALLUSION - an indirect reference
    DELUSION - an error in judgement
    ILLUSION - an error of vision
>ALMOST
> MOST
>"MOST
  Almost or most?
    ALMOST (adv.) - nearly
    MOST - an adj., an adv. of comparison, a pronoun: most people,
    most beautiful, most of them
> ALTAR
> ALTER
  Altar or alter?
    ALTAR (n.) - a sacred place of worship
    ALTER (vb.) - to change
>AMATEUR
>NOVICE
  Amateur or novice?
    AMATEUR - one who engages in pursuit, study, science, sport as a
    pastime
    NOVICE - one new in a business or in a profession
>AMORAL
>IMMORAL
>UNMORAL
  Amoral, immoral, or unmoral?
    AMORAL - nonmoral
    IMMORAL - dissolute
    UNMORAL - having no moral perception; synonymous with nonmoral
>AMOUNT
>NUMBER
>QUANTITY
  Amount, number, or quantity?
    AMOUNT - bulk, the sum total referring to number
    NUMBER - refers to something counted
    QUANTITY - refers to something measured
>ANECDOTE
>ANTIDOTE
  Anecdote or antidote?
    ANECDOTE - a narrative of a particular incident
    ANTIDOTE - a remedy to counteract poison
>ANYWHERES
  There is no such word as 'anywheres'.
>APT
>LIABLE
>LIKELY
  Apt, liable, or likely?
    APT - suitable, appropriate, skilled
    LIABLE - legally bound; implies undesirable consequences
    LIKELY - possible
>ASCENT
>ASSENT
  Ascent or assent?
    ASCENT - act of rising
    ASSENT - consent
>ASSAY
>ESSAY
  Assay or essay?
    ASSAY - to test and to analyze, as ore; to estimate
    ESSAY (vb.) - to try, to attempt
>ATTORNEY
>LAWYER
  Attorney or lawyer?
    ATTORNEY - strictly applies to one transacting legal business
    LAWYER - applies to anyone in the profession; also, one legally
    appointed by another to transact business for him
>VOCATION
  Avocation or vocation?
    AVOCATION - a minor occupation pursued especially for enjoyment
    VOCATION - a regular calling or profession
>BALANCE
>REMAINDER
  Balance or remainder?
    BALANCE - the difference between the debit and credit side of an
    account
    REMAINDER - the comparatively small part left over
>BIRTH
>BERTH
  Berth or birth?
    BERTH - a place in which to sleep in a railroad sleeping car or
    on a ship
    BIRTH - act of being born
>BESIDE
  Beside or besides?
    BESIDE - at the side of
    BESIDES - in addition to
>CIE
    'CIE' - Remember the well-known rhyme in spelling words:
        I before E
        Except after C
        Or when sounded as A
        As in neighbour and weigh
>BIANNUAL
>BIENNIAL
  Biannual or biennial?
    BIANNUAL - twice a year; synonymous with semiannual
    BIENNIAL - every two years
>BOUILLON
>BULLION
  Bouillon or bullion?
    BOUILLON - a clear soup
    BULLION - uncoined gold or silver in bars or ingots
>BREATH
  Breath or breathe?
    BREATH (n.) - respiration
    BREATHE (vb.) - to inhale and exhale
> BRING
>"BRING
> TAKE
>"TAKE
  Bring or take?
    BRING - to convey toward (the speaker)
    TAKE - to carry from (the speaker)
>CALENDER
>CALENDAR
  Calendar or calender?
    CALENDAR - record of time
    CALENDER - a machine for finishing paper and cloth
>CANON
>CANNON
  Cannon or canon?
    CANNON - a large gun
    CANON - a law; a rule; a clergyman belonging to the staff of a
    cathedral or collegiate church
>CANVAS
  Canvas or canvass?
    CANVAS (n.) - strong tent cloth
    CANVASS (vb.) - act of soliciting for orders, votes, etc.
>CAPITAL
>CAPITOL
  Capital or capitol?
    CAPITAL - the seat of government of a state or country; money
    invested in a business
    CAPITOL - a building in which a state legislative body meets;
    with cap., the building in which the U.S. Congress meets in
    Washington
>CASUAL
>CAUSAL
  Casual or causal?
    CASUAL - happening by chance
    CAUSAL - relating to a cause or causes
>CENSER
>CENSOR
>CENSUR
  Censer, censor, or censure?
    CENSER - an incense pan
    CENSOR - a critic; to criticize
    CENSURE - to blame
> CESSION
> SESSION
  Cession or session?
    CESSION - the act of ceding, that is, a granting or a surrender
    of something, especially the transfer of territory from one
    country to another
    SESSION - a term or a meeting place; as a court, legislature, or
    any organized assembly
>CHARACTER
>REPUTATION
  Character or reputation?
    CHARACTER - sum of quantities that constitute the true
    individuality of a person
    REPUTATION - what others think of a person
> CITE
> SIGHT
> SITE
  Cite, sight, or site?
    CITE - to summon to appear before a court, to quote by way of
    authority or proof, to refer to
    SIGHT - a view
    SITE - a place
>CLIENT
>CUSTOMER
  Client or customer?
    CLIENT - a person using the services of a lawyer or other
    professional person
    CUSTOMER - a person who purchases a commodity or service
> CLOSE
> CLOTHES
> CLOTHS
  Close, clothes, or cloths?
    CLOSE - to shut; to bring to an end
    CLOTHES - wearing apparel
    CLOTHS - fabrics
> COARSE
> COURSE
  Coarse or course?
    COARSE - rough
    COURSE - a direction of going, action; part of a meal
>COLLEAGUE
>PARTNER
  Colleague or partner?
    COLLEAGUE - an associate in a profession or a civil or
    ecclesiastical office
    PARTNER - a member of a partnership, joint owner in business
>COLLISION
>COLLUSION
  Collision or collusion?
    COLLISION - a clash
    COLLUSION - secret agreement to defraud
>COMMENCE
>COMMENTS
  Commence or comments?
    COMMENCE - to begin; more formal than begin
    COMMENTS - remarks
> COMPAR
> CONTRAST
  Compare or contrast?
    COMPARE - to bring things together, to note points of difference
    or similarity
    CONTRAST - to bring things together to note points of difference
>COUNCIL
>COUNSEL
  Councel or council?
    COUNCEL - advise, legal advisor
    COUNSIL - an assembly or group for conference
>CREDIBL
>CREDITABL
>CREDULOUS
  Credible, creditable, or credulous?
    CREDIBLE - worthy of acceptance
    CREDITABLE - praiseworthy
    CREDULOUS - ready to believe on uncertain evidence
>CUSTOMARY
>HABITUAL
> USUAL
  Customary, habitual, or usual?
    CUSTOMARY - established by custom, conforming to common usage
    HABITUAL - according to habit
    USUAL - frequent, ordinary
>DECEASE
>DISEASE
  Decease or disease?
    DECEASE - death
    DISEASE - illness
>DEVICE
>DEVISE
  Device or devise?
    DEVICE - mechanical appliance
    DEVISE - to contrive, to give by will
>DISCREPIT
>DISPARAGE
  Discrepit or disparange?
    DISCREPIT - to destroy confidence in
    DISPARAGE - to speak slightingly of, to undervalue
>DISINTERESTED
>UNINTERESTED
  Disinterested or uninterested?
    DISINTERESTED - lack of self-interest
    UNINTERESTED - not interested, indifferent
>DISQUALIFY
>UNQUALIFIED
  Disqualify or unqualified?
    DISQUALIFY - to render unfit
    UNQUALIFIED - not fitted
> DYING
> DYEING
  Dying or dyeing?
    DYING - ceasing to live
    DYEING - coloring
>EMERGE
>IMMERGE
  Emerge or immerge?
    EMERGE - to rise from, to come into view
    IMMERGE - to plunge into, to immerse
>EMIGRATION
>IMMIGRATION
  Emigration or immigration?
    EMIGRATION - the moving from a country
    IMMIGRATION - the moving into a country
>EMINENT
>IMMINENT
  Eminent or imminent?
    EMINENT - outstanding, high, lofty
    IMMINENT - threatening to happen soon
> EMPTY
>VACANT
  Empty or vacant?
    EMPTY - having nothing in it (an empty bottle)
    VACANT - having nothing on it or in it (vacant land; avacant
    apartment)
>INDORS
  INDORSE - in America it's preferred to use 'endorse'
>ENVELOP
  Envevop or envelope?
    ENVELOP (vb.) - to put a covering about
    ENVELOPE (n.) - a wrapper
> ERROR
>MISTAKE
  Error or mistake?
    ERROR - an act involving a departure from truth or accuracy
    MISTAKE - a misunderstanding
>EXCEEDINGLY
>EXCESSIVELY
  Exceedingly or excessively?
    EXCEEDINGLY - very greatly
    EXCESSIVELY - too greatly
>EXCEPTIONAL
>EXCEPTIONABLE
  Exceptional or exceptionable?
    EXCEPTIONAL - unusual
    EXCEPTIONABLE - open to objection
> EXCIT
> INCIT
  Excite or incite?
    EXCITE - to stir up emotinally
    INCITE to stir into action
>EXPECT
>SUSPECT
  Expect or suspect?
    EXPECT - to regard as likely to happen
    SUSPECT - to doubt the truth of
>EXTANT
>EXTENT
  Extant or extent?
    EXTANT - still existing
    EXTENT - measure, length
>FAMOUS
>NOTED
>NOTORIOUS
  Famous, noted, or notorious?
    FAMOUS - celebrated
    NOTED - eminent, well known
    NOTORIOUS - unfavorably noted
> FLAMMABLE
>INFLAMMABLE
    FLAMMABLE and INFLAMMABLE - synonyms meaning capable of being
    easily ignited
>FORMALLY
>FORMERLY
  Formally or formerly?
    FORMALLY - ceremoniously
    FORMERLY - in times past
> FORTH
>FOURTH
  Forth or fourth?
    FORTH - forward
    FOURTH - the next after third
>GUARANTEE
>GUARANTY
  Guarantee or guaranty?
    GUARANTEE - to secure (preferred in the verb sense)
    GUARANTY - financial security (preferred in the noun sense)
> HANGED
> HUNG
  Hanged or hung?
    HANGED - of a person
    HUNG - of an object
>HEALTHFUL
>HEALTHY
>WHOLESOME
  Healthful, healthy, or wholesome?
    HEALTHFUL - health-giving, as of climate
    HEALTHY - in good health
    WHOLESOME - producing a good effect, as of food
> HIRE
> LEASE
> LET
  Hire, lease, or let?
    HIRE - to employ, to obtain the use of
    LEASE - to grant by lease, to hold under a lease
    LET - to give the use of, to be let or leased
> HUMAN
> HUMANE
  Human or humane?
    HUMAN - pertaining to mankind
    HUMANE - benevolent
>HYPERCRITICAL
>HYPOCRITICAL
  Hypercritical or hypocritical?
    HYPERCRITICAL - too critical
    HYPOCRITICAL - insincere
>IMPOSSIBLE
>IMPRACTICABLE
  Impossible or impracticable?
    IMPOSSIBLE - not possible
    IMPRACTICABLE - not possible under present conditions
> INDICT
> INDITE
  Indict or indite?
    INDICT - to charge with an offense
    INDITE - to write, to compose and write
>INGENIOUS
>INGENUOUS
  Ingenious or ingenuous?
    INGENIOUS - clever
    INGENUOUS - frank, naive
> LEAN
> LIEN
  Lean or lien?
    LEAN - having little fat
    LIEN - a legal claim
> LEAVE
> LET
  Leave or let?
    LEAVE - to depart from
    LET - to allow, to permit
> LEGIBLE
> ELIGIBLE
  Legible or eligible?
    LEGIBLE - easy to read
    ELIGIBLE - qualified to be chosen
> LESSEE
> LESSOR
  Lessee or lessor?
    LESSEE - a tenant
    LESSOR - one who gives a lease
> LOOSE
> LOOSEN
> LOSE
  Loose, loosen, or lose?
    LOOSE - free
    LOOSEN - to free
    LOSE - to misplay
>MAJORITY
>PLURALITY
  Majority or plurality?
    MAJORITY - more than half (sing. or pl. according to use)
    PLURALITY - the largest number of votes cast for one person, a
    greater number than any other but less than half of the votes cast
> MEDAL
> MEDDLE
  Medal or meddle?
    MEDAL - a badge of honor
    MEDDLE - to interfere
> MINER
> MINOR
  Miner or minor?
    MINER - a worker for a mine
    MINOR - underage; inferior in extent, importance, or size
>MORAL
  Moral or morale?
    MORAL (adj.) - virtuous, right, and proper
    MORALE (n.) - state of mind (the morale of the students)
> NEW
> NOVEL
  New or novel?
    NEW - recent
    NOVEL - unusual
>OCULIST
>OPTICIAN
>OPTOMETRIST
  Oculist, optician, or optometrist?
    OCULIST - one who treats eyes
    OPTICIAN - one who makes eyeglasses
    OPTOMETRIST - one who measures the vision
>ORDINANCE
>ORDNANCE
  Ordinance or ordnance?
    ORDINANCE - law, prescribed practice or usage
    ORDNANCE - military supplies
>OVERDO
>OVERDUE
  Overdo or overdue?
    OVERDO - to do too much
    OVERDUE - past due
>PARTIALLY
>PARTLY
  Partially or partly?
    PARTIALLY - in some degree
    PARTLY - in part
>PARTITION
>PETITION
  Partition or petition?
    PARTITION - a division
    PETITION - a formal written request, a prayer
>PERSECUTE
>PROSECUTE
  Persecute or prosecute?
    PERSECUTE - to oppress, to subject to persistent ill-treatment
    PROSECUTE - to sue
>PERSONAL
>PERSONNEL
  Personal or personnel?
    PERSONAL - individual, private
    PERSONNEL - the staff of an organization
>PLAINTIFF
>PLAINTIVE
  Plaintiff or plaintive?
    PLAINTIFF - a party to a lawsuit
    PLAINTIVE - mournful
>PRACTICAL
>PLACTICABLE
  Prcatical or practicable?
    PRACTICAL - that which can be done advantageously; sensible, not
    theoretical (can refer to persons or things)
    PRACTICABLE - that which can be done; used to refer to things
>PRECEDE
>PROCEED
  Precede or proceed?
    PRECEDE - to go before
    PROCEED - to begin
>PROPOSAL
>PROPOSITION
  Proposal or proposition?
    PROPOSAL - something offered for acceptance or rejection
    PROPOSITION - something offered for discussion, assertion
>RESPECTFULLY
>RESPECTIVELY
  Respectfully or respectively?
    RESPECTFULLY - courteously
    RESPECTIVELY - each in the order given
> ROLE
> ROLL
  Role or roll?
    ROLE - a part or character in a play
    ROLL - a list; to revolve
>SALARY
> WAGE
  Salary or wages?
    SALARY - a fixed periodical payment made to a person employed in
    other than manual or mechanical work
    WAGES - workman's or servant's periodical pay
> SAMPLE
>SPECIMEN
  Sample or specimen?
    SAMPLE - a part of anything presented for inspection
    SPECIMEN - a part, or one of a number, intended to show the
    quality of the whole
>SEASONABLE
>SEASONAL
  Seasonable or seasonal?
    SEASONABLE - timely, in keeping with the seasons
    SEASONAL - periodical, affected by the seasons
>SPECIE
  Specie or species?
    SPECIE - coin or coined money, usually of gold or silver
    SPECIES (sing. and pl.) - sort, variety
> STABLE
> STAPLE
  Stable or staple?
    STABLE - firmly established, as stable price; barn
    STAPLE - produced regularly or in large quantities; a commodity
    for which the demand is constant
> STAID
> STAYED
  Staid or stayed?
    STAID (adj.) - sedate
    STAYED - remained, postponed
>STATIONARY
>STATIONERY
  Stationary or stationery?
    STATIONARY - not moving; fixed
    STATIONERY - writing material
> SUIT
> SUITE
  Suit or suite?
    SUIT - a set, as of clothes; a legal action; wooing; to please
    SUITE - a retinue; a number of things constituting a set, series,
    or sequence, as a suite of rooms
>TALESMAN
>TALISMAN
  Talesman or talisman?
    TALESMAN - a person summoned to make up the required number of
    jurors
    TALISMAN - a charm
>TANTAMOUNT
>PARAMOUNT
  Tantamount or paramount?
    TANTAMOUNT - equivalent in value, meaning, or effect (His
    staement was tantamount to a confession.)
    PARAMOUNT - highest in rank or jurisdiction
>TEMPORAL
>TEMPORARY
  Temporal or temporary?
    TEMPORAL - limited in time; pertaining to the present life,
    distinguished from the sacred or eternal
    TEMPORARY - lasting for a time only
>UNQUESTIONABLE
>UNQUESTIONED
  Unquestionable or unquestioned?
    UNQUESTIONABLE - indisputable
    UNQUESTIONED - that which has not been questioned
>WAIVER
> WAVER
  Waiver or waver?
    WAIVER - the giving up of a claim
    WAVER - to hesitate
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>AGGRAVATE
>IRRITATE
  Aggravate or irritate?
    AGGRAVATE - to add to an already troublesome or vexing matter or
    condition
    IRRITATE - to vex, to annoy, or to chafe
>ALTERNATE
>ALTERNATIVE
  Alternate or alternative?
    ALTERNATE - every other one in a series; a substitute
    ALTERNATIVE - one of two possibilities; a matter of choice that
    is never present with 'alternate'
> ANY BODY
> ANYBODY
  Anybody or any body?
    ANYBODY - in the sense of "any person"; not to be written as two
    words
    ANY BODY - means 'any corpse', or 'any human form', or 'any
    group'.
>AS TO WHETHER
    AS TO WHETHER - 'Whether' is sufficient.
> AS YET
    AS YET - 'Yet' is nearly always is as good, if not better.  The
    chief exception is at the beginning of a sentence, where 'yet'
    means something different:
        Yet (or despite everything) he has not succeeded.
        As yet (or so far) he has not succeeded.
>REGARDED AS BEING
    REGARDED AS BEING - 'Being' is not appropriate after 'regarded
    as'.
>DOUBT BUT
>HELP BUT
    DOUBT BUT or HELP BUT - 'But' is unnecessary after 'doubt' or
    'help'.  Rearrange sentence.
> DATAS
>PHENOMENAS
> MEDIAS
> STRATAS
  DATA, MEDIA, PHENOMENA, and STRATA - All these words are plural and
  do not require 's' added to them.
>EACH AND EVERY ONE
    EACH AND EVERY ONE - Pitchman's jargon.  Avoid, except in
    dialogue.
> ENORMITY
    ENORMITY _ Use only in the sense "monstrous wickedness."
    Misleading, if not wrong, when used to express bigness.
> ENTHUSE
    ENTHUSE - An annoying verb growing out of the noun 'enthusiasm'
    (use 'enthusiastic').  Not recommended.
> FARTHER
> FURTHER
  Farther or further?
    FARTHER - serves best as a distance word: A person drives farther.
    FURTHER - serves as a time or quantity word: He pursued the
    subject further.
> FORTUITOUS
> FURTUNATE
> LUCKY
  Fortuitous, fortunate, or lucky?
    FORTUITOUS - limited to what happens by chance
    FORTUNATE - receiving some unexpected good
    LUCKY - having good luck; happening by chance
>IMPORTANTLY
    IMPORTANTLY - Avoid by rephrasing.
>IN REGARDS TO
  IN REGARDS TO - Wrongly written.  Should be 'in regard to'.  But 'as
  regards' is correct, and means the same thing.
>IRREGARDLESS
    IRREGARDLESS - Should be 'regardless'.
>MEANINGFUL
    MEANINGFUL - A bankrupt adjective.  Choose another, or rephrase.
>MOMENTO
    MOMENTO - Should be 'memento'.
>NAUSEOUS
>NAUSEATED
  Nauseous or nauseated?
    NAUSEOUS - causing nausea or disgust
    NAUSEATED - sick to the stomach
>TORTUOUS
>TORTUROUS
  Tortuous or torturous?
    TORTUOUS - a winding road
    TORTUROUS - a painful ordeal
>UTILIZ
  UTILIZE - 'Use' is preferred.