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Commonly Confused Words

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    English words that are commonly mistaken
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  • To take home a cat or dog from a shelter to be your pet.
    adapt
    adopt
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  • To adjust to a new situation.
    adapt
    adopt
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  • To have an impact.
    affect
    effect
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  • The result of an action.
    effect
    affect
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  • When two things work together well, like mustard and hot dogs.
    compliment
    complement
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  • To say something nice to someone, like I really like that hairstyle.
    complement
    compliment
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  • Excluding a possibility.
    accept
    except
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  • To welcome and make someone feel like they belong.
    except
    accept
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  • To have moved through an area or event, leaving it behind; to have throw a ball to someone.
    passed
    past
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  • Happened before now.
    past
    passed
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  • Something sweet you eat after a meal.
    desert
    dessert
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  • An arid place with little rainfall or vegetation.
    desert
    dessert
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  • See-through.
    transparent
    translucent
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  • Something which allows light to show through but blocks clear visisbility.
    transparent
    translucent
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  • A plural pronoun used as a contraction.
    there
    their
    they're
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  • Third-person possessive pronoun.
    there
    they're
    their
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