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ConfusionsWith some sets of words which sound similar or identical, e.g. complementary and complimentary, confusion can stem from mistakes in spelling. In other cases, involving e.g. illusion and delusion, confusion can stem from mistakes about meaning. Click on the sets of words below for tests based on some of the more common confusions in written work submitted by students. |
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affect and effect allusion, illusion and delusion allude, allusive and elude, elusive chord and cord complement(ary) and compliment(ary) council/councillor and counsel/counsellor current and currant defuse and diffuse, diffusion discreet and discrete disinterested and uninterested |
economics, economic and economical e.g. and i.e. historic and historical imminent and immanent infer and imply principal and principle phenomenon, criterion and data refute and reject stationary and stationery |
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