words you might confuse
Words Easily Confused
Words Easily Confused
Watch out for words that are easily confused for each other, such as the following:
Watch out for words that are easily confused for each other, such as the following:
amount for quantity
anticipate for expect
anxious for eager
baited for bated
compulsion for compunction
continuous for continual
disinterested for uninterested
enervate for stimulate
fortuitous for fortunate
fulsome for full
historic for historical
inflammable for not flammable
ironic for coincidental
legacy for inheritance
noisome for noisy
partly for partially
practicable for practical
torturous for tortuous
and substituting preceding, previous, and prior for each other incorrectly.
Consult reliable style guides and
the better dictionaries for
the best word choices to make your
writing sparkle with clarity.
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