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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| affect vs effect | The medicine shouldn't effect the baby. | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | The medicine would've effected the baby. | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | The laws had an immediate affect. | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | There was a law with immediate affects. | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | A side affect of global warming | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | The side affects of global warming | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | A side-affect of global warming | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | The experiment didn't obey the laws of cause and affect. | Commonly Confused Words |
| affect vs effect | She was badly effected. | Commonly Confused Words |
| 'economical (economic) growth' etc. | This article deals with economical development of the Third World. | Commonly Confused Words |
| 'economic (economical) car' etc. | This is a very economic car. | Commonly Confused Words |
| 'written in verses (verse)' | The tale was written in verses. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | In principal I don't think it will be too difficult. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | In this discussion we have endeavored to do this: to point out basic principals of liberty in which all people can believe. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | The principle activity of the Foundation is centred on humanitarian aid and charity, especially with regards to children. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | Mr Brown is our new school principle. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | He told me it's against his principals to drink alcohol. | Commonly Confused Words |
| principal (principle) | Always stick to your principals. | Commonly Confused Words |
| nib / nub | try using raw cacao nubs. | Commonly Confused Words |
| nib / nub | This is the nib of the problem. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyday (every day) | Everyday he gets up early. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyday (every day) | Everyday, he gets up early. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyday (every day) | He gets up early everyday. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyone (every one) of | The space in which each and everyone of us lives has taken on a new shape. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyone (every one) of | My mother would like to thank everyone of you who offered assistance during her illness. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyone (every one) of | Everyone of these apples is rotten. | Commonly Confused Words |
| everyone (every one) of | Everyone of the cards was unfolded. | Commonly Confused Words |
| niece (nice) day etc. | I wish you a niece holiday. | Commonly Confused Words |
| slight (sleight) of hand | This is where the slight of hand comes in. | Commonly Confused Words |
| route (root) of the problem | The route of the problems is unknown. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | I do not understand why there are complains from our community. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | This is our biggest complain. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user complaint that he can not use the Premium version. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user recently complaint that he can not use the Premium version. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user complaint about this. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user recently complaint about this. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user complaints that he can not use the Premium version. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user recently complaints that he can not use the Premium version. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user complaints about this. | Commonly Confused Words |
| complains (complaints) | A user recently complaints about this. | Commonly Confused Words |
| first aid kid (kit) | A first aid kid is a collection of medical supplies and equipment, often portable. | Commonly Confused Words |
| spilling (spelling) error | This is a spilling error. | Commonly Confused Words |
| spilling (spelling) error | What is the correct spilling of 'Mississippi'? | Commonly Confused Words |
| since (for) + 'period of time' | I've lived in Barcelona since six years. | Commonly Confused Words |
| extend (extent) | It is not known to what extend the subjects were being truthful. | Commonly Confused Words |
| extend (extent) | To a great extend, psychological explanations prove satisfactory. | Commonly Confused Words |
| extend (extent) | Shoplifters will be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law. | Commonly Confused Words |
| extend (extent) | The company enforces its intellectual property rights around the world to the fullest extend of the law. | Commonly Confused Words |
| super (supper) | We went for a walk after super. | Commonly Confused Words |
| super (supper) | After I had eaten my super, I went straight to bed. | Commonly Confused Words |
| personal (personnel) | She's the director of personal. | Commonly Confused Words |
| personal (personnel) | For authorized personal only. | Commonly Confused Words |
| personal (personnel) | He is the personal director. | Commonly Confused Words |
| whore (wore) | Last Sunday I whore a beautiful dress. | Commonly Confused Words |
| whore (wore) | This is the skirt that I whore last week. | Commonly Confused Words |
| overnight instead of 'over night' | She stayed over night. | Commonly Confused Words |
| over time (overtime) | I worked two hours of over time last week. | Commonly Confused Words |
| over time (overtime) | No child shall be permitted or required to work over time. | Commonly Confused Words |
| over time (overtime) | They worked over time to come up with a great idea. | Commonly Confused Words |
| bar-b-queue instead of 'bar-b-que' | A casual summer bar-b-queue. | Commonly Confused Words |
| buy (by) | I was asked buy one of my friends… | Commonly Confused Words |
| a priory (a priori) | This is an a priory assumption. | Commonly Confused Words |
| de jure (du jour) | Do you like the soup de jure? | Commonly Confused Words |
| oedometer (odometer) | The oedometer in my automobile is defective. | Commonly Confused Words |
| the later (latter) | The former test was easy, but the later was difficult. | Commonly Confused Words |
| the later (latter) | The former test was easy, but the later was difficult. | Commonly Confused Words |
| works as (like) a charm | LanguageTool works as a charm; it finds many errors. | Commonly Confused Words |
| state of art (state of the art, state-of-the-art) | This state of art equipment is not expensive. | Commonly Confused Words |
| tat (that) | I think tat is correct. | Commonly Confused Words |
| redundant determiner: 'in (an) alphabetical order | List the names in an alphabetical order. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| I never have been (I have never been) | I never have been to London. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| from X - Y (from X to Y) | From 12 – 17 February 2016 | Nonstandard Phrases |
| February of 2005 (February 2005) | February of 1995 | Nonstandard Phrases |
| the question what (the question of what) | This thesis addresses the question how to analyze concepts. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| in the moment (currently) | No, in the moment not. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| make since (sense) | Something like 90 most likely never makes since. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| all and all (all in all) | All and all it’s just another brick in the… toilet? | Nonstandard Phrases |
| all of the sudden (all of a sudden) | Why would a man all of the sudden send flowers? | Nonstandard Phrases |
| all of the sudden (all of a sudden) | Why would a man all the sudden send flowers? | Nonstandard Phrases |
| along the same vein (along the same line, in the same vein) | I've been working along the same vein. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| Misused phrase: 'ever so often (every so often)' | Ever so often, we put down the books, and go sailing! | Nonstandard Phrases |
| early adapter (early adopter) | DualCore PC is available for purchase for selected companies in the early adapter program. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| far be it for me (far be it from me) | Far be it for me to say that you can’t. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| money is no option (money is no object) | Money is no option when are you rich. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| nip it in the butt (nip it in the bud) | We'd like to nip it in the butt right here. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| now and days (nowadays) | Money is becoming pretty tight now and days. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| round a bout (round a bouts) | The British influence still can be seen in driving on the left side of the road, round a bouts, speed bumps, and school uniforms. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| round a bout (round a bouts) | The British influence still can be seen in driving on the left side of the road, round abouts, speed bumps, and school uniforms. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| the proof is in the pudding (the proof of the pudding is in the eating) | The Proof Is In The Pudding | Nonstandard Phrases |
| qui bono (cui bono) | Let me ask: qui bono? | Nonstandard Phrases |
| whip cream (whipped cream) | Whip cream until it becomes whip cream. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| in/with regards to/of (regarding, with regard to) | Please be aware of the following changes in regards to this program. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| very known (very well-known, well-known) | He is a very known actor. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| Non-standard contractions '(I've a...)' | I've a new car. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| Non-standard contractions '(I've a...)' | I've three new cars. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| 7:00 o'clock (7:00 or 7 o'clock) | It's 7:00 o'clock. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| 7:00 o'clock (7:00 or 7 o'clock) | It's 7:45 o'clock. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| 5-farads/5-farad | Use a 6-microfarads capacitor. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| legal term: informations | Give me the informations immediately. | Nonstandard Phrases |
| add salt to injury (insult to injury) | Don't be like that and add salt to injury! | Semantics |
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