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- Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 3 of 6
ELICIT, ILLICIT Elicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal. EVERYONE, EVERY ONE Everyone means every person in a group; every one means each person and is always followed by "of". "Everyone needs to know how to swim." "Every one of you should be able to swim." FAIR, FARE Fair means ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing - Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 4 of 6
LATER, LATTER Later means afterwards; latter is the second of two things. "Later that day we went for a walk." "We have two choices. The latter is the more reliable, but the former would be cheaper." LAY, LAID This pair confuses writers almost more than any other. "He lay on his bed." Although this ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing - Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 5 of 6
PASSED, PAST Passed is the past tense of pass. Past means a time that has gone. "Time passed and we all forgot the incident." "In times past it was the custom for women to wear hats in church." PEACE, PIECE Peace means the absence of war (or even noise); piece is a portion of something. PEAK, PE ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing - Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 6 of 6
SALE, SAIL Sale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale") or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is part of a ship or boat. SELL, CELL Sell is to exchange for money; cell is a small room. SCENE, SEEN Scene is the place where something happens; seen is the past participle o ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing - Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 1 of 6
By Laraine Anne Barker ACCEPT, EXCEPT Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they're all waiting for an acceptance! "We accept your invitation to your party, except for Bill, who will be away on that day." ADAPT, ADEPT, ADOPT Adapt mea ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing - Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 2 of 6
BAITED, BATED Baited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always bated: "She watched with bated breath." I've yet to read that someone "bated a trap" instead of baiting it, but there's always a first time. BARE, BEA ...
Author: Laraine Anne Barker
Category: writing
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