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Commonly Confused Words

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    English words that are commonly mistaken
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  • The result of an action.
    effect
    affect
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  • To have an impact.
    effect
    affect
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  • When two things work together well, like mustard and hot dogs.
    complement
    compliment
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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 thrown a ball to someone.
    passed
    past
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  • Happened before now.
    past
    passed
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  • The head of your school.
    principal
    principle
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  • An idea or belief that is of great value to you.
    principal
    principle
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  • Something sweet you eat after a meal.
    dessert
    desert
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  • A dry place with little rainfall or vegetation.
    dessert
    desert
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  • Something which allows light to show through but blocks clear visibility.
    translucent
    transparent
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  • A plural pronoun used as a contraction.
    their
    they're
    there
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  • Third-person possessive pronoun.
    their
    there
    they're
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  • A distant place where you hope to arrive.
    their
    they're
    there
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