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Brians: Common Errors in English Usage

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Common Errors in English Usage

Erstellt: 2021-02

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100’s / hundreds

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360 degrees

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DAILY BASIS
DATA
DEFINITE, DEFINITIVE
DENOTE
DESERT, DESSERT
DESPISE
DEVICE, DEVISE
DIFFERENT FROM, DIFFERENT THAN
DISBURSE, DISPERSE
DISCOMFIT, DISCOMFORT
DISCREET, DISCRETE
DISINTERESTED, UNINTERESTED
DOCK
DREDGE, DRUDGE
DRUG (DRAGGED)
DUAL, DUEL

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EAGER
EFFECT
e.g., i.e.
EKE OUT
ELUDE
EMIGRATE, IMMIGRATE
EMINENT, IMMINENT
EMPATHY, SYMPATHY
EMULATE, IMITATE
ENERVATE
ENORMITY
ENSURE
ENTHUSE
EPITAPH, EPITHET
EPITOME
ERSTWHILE
etc., et al.
EVERY DAY, EVERYDAY
EXACERBATE, EXAGGERATE
EXALT, EXULT
EXCEPT

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FACTIOUS, FRACTIOUS
FAINT, FEINT
FAIR, FARE
FARTHER, FURTHER
FAZE, PHASE
FEASIBLE, POSSIBLE
FEAT, FEET
FEWER, LESS
FIR, FUR
FIRSTLY
FLAIR, FLARE
FLAMMABLE, INFLAMMABLE
FLAUNT, FLOUT
FLEA, FLEE
FLOUNDER, FOUNDER
FLOUR, FLOWER
FOLKS
FORBID, PROHIBIT
FOREGO, FORGO
FOREWORD, FORWARD
FORMER
FORTH, FOURTH
FORTUITOUS, FORTUNATE
FOUL, FOWL
FRACTIOUS
FREE GIFT
FULSOME
FUN
FUR
FURTHER

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GAIT, GATE

GAMUT

GANTLET, GAUNTLET

GEL, JELL

GILT, GUILT

GLIB

GOTTEN

GRADUATE

GRAFFITI

GRILL, GRILLE

GRISLY, GRISTLY, GRIZZLY

GUERRILLA

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HAIR, HARE
HALL, HAUL
HALVE, HAVE
HANGAR, HANGER
HANGED, HUNG
HEAL, HEEL
HEALTHFUL, HEALTHY
HEAR, HERE
HARDY, HEARTY
HEROIN, HEROINE
HISTORIC, HISTORICAL
HOARD, HORDE
HOARSE, HORSE
HOLE, WHOLE
HOLY, WHOLLY
HOMAGE
HONE IN
HOT WATER HEATER
HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT
HUNG

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IDLE, IDOL, IDYLL
i.e.
ILLUSION
IMITATE
IMMIGRATE
IMMINENT
IMPACT
IMPEL
IMPLY, INFER
INCENTIVIZE
INCIDENCES, INCIDENTS
INCITE, INSIGHT
INCLUDE
INCREDIBLE, INCREDULOUS
INFER
INFLAMMABLE
INGENIOUS, INGENUOUS
IN, INTO
IN ORDER TO
IN REGARD(S) TO, WITH REGARD(S) TO
INSURE
INTO
IRONY
IRREGARDLESS
IRREGULAR VERBS
IS IS
ISLE
IT'S, ITS

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J

jack / plug
jam / jamb
jerry-built / jury-rigged
Jew
Jew / Hebrew
jewelry
job titles
John Henry / John Hancock
John Hopkins
joint possessives
judgement
junta
just assume
just / jest
just so happens
jutebox

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JELL

JIBE, JIVE

JUST

JUST DESERTS

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key
kick-start
killed after
kindergarden
kindly
knots per hour
koala bear

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KARAT
KINDERGARTNER
KNEW, NEW
KUDOS

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LASTLY
LATTER
LAXADAISICAL
LAY, LIE
LEACH, LEECH
LEAD, LED
LEAK, LEEK
LECTERN
LESS
LESSEN, LESSON
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN …
LIABLE, LIBEL, LIKELY
LIE
LIGHTENING, LIGHTNING
LIKE
LITERALLY
LOAN, LONE
LOATH, LOATHE
LOOSE, LOSE

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MAIL, MALE
MAIZE, MAZE
MANNER, MANOR
MARQUEE, MARQUIS
MARRY, MERRY
MARSHAL, MARTIAL
MASTERFUL, MASTERLY
MATERIAL, MATERIEL
MAY
MEDAL, MEDDLE, METAL, METTLE
MEDIA
MERETRICIOUS
METAL, METTLE
MIC
MINER, MINOR
MINUSCULE
MISNOMER
MORAL, MORALE
MORE IMPORTANTLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY
MORE THAN ONE
MORNING, MOURNING
MUSCLE, MUSSEL

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NAVAL, NAVEL
NEITHER … OR
NEW
NEW RECORD
NONPLUSSED
NOR
NOT JUST
NOTORIETY
NUMBER

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OFF OF
OFTEN
ORAL
ORDINANCE, ORDNANCE
OUT OF
OUTSIDE OF
OVER
OVERDO, OVERDUE
OVERLY

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quantum leap
quay / cay / key
question / ask
queue
quick claim
quiet / quite
quotation marks
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QUOTATION, QUOTE

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RACK, WRACK
RAISE, RAZE
RAP, WRAP
REAL, REEL
REASON BEING IS
REASON IS BECAUSE
REEK, WREAK
REFER
REGARDLESS
REGRETFULLY, REGRETTABLY
REIGN, REIN
RELISH IN
RENOWN
REST, WREST
RESTAURATEUR
RETCH, WRETCH
RETICENT
REVEREND
REVIEW, REVUE
RIFF, RIFT
RIGHT, RITE, WRITE
RING, WRING
ROAD, RODE, ROWED
ROAD TO HOE, ROW TO HOE
ROBBERY
ROLE, ROLL
RYE, WRY

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TACK, TACT
TAIL, TALE
TAKE
TAKEN ABACK, TAKEN BACK
TAUGHT, TAUT
TEAM, TEEM
TEMBLOR
TENANT, TENET
THANK-YOU
THAN, THEN
THAT
THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE
THOSE KIND OF
TILL, 'TIL
TO NOT
TO, TOO, TWO
TORT, TORTE
TORTUOUS, TORTUROUS
TOTALLY
TOWARD, TOWARDS
TRANSPIRE
TREMBLOR
TROOP, TROUPE
TRULY
TURBID, TURGID

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UFO
ugly American
unchartered / uncharted
unconscience
under the guise that
under weigh
underestimated
underlining / underlying
undermind
undo / undue
undoubtably
University of Indiana
unkept
unlike
unpleased
unrest
unthaw
untracked
upmost
upto
urine analysis
us / we
use to
use / usage
used to could
utilize / use

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UNINTERESTED
UNIQUE
UTILIZE

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vague reference
vain / vane / vein
valance / valence
vapid / vacuous
various
vary
veil of tears
vendor
veracious / voracious
verb tense
verbage
verse
verses / versus
very sort of, very kind of
very unique
vice-like / vise-like
vice / vise
vichyssoise
vicious / viscous circle / cycle
video / film
vinegarette / vinaigrette
vintage point
viola / voila
virii
visually impaired / blind
vitae
volumptous

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VAIN, VANE, VEIN
VENAL, VENIAL
VERSES, VERSUS
VERY
VIABLE
VIAL, VILE
VICE, VISE
VIRTUALLY

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WAIST, WASTE
WAIT, WEIGHT
WAIVER, WAVER
WARN, WORN
WARRANTEE, WARRANTY
WARY, WEARY
WAY, WEIGH
WAYS TO GO
WEAK, WEEK
WEATHER, WHETHER
WHETHER OR NOT
WHICH
WHILE, WILE
WHO, WHICH, THAT
WHOLE
WHOLLY
WHO'S, WHOSE
WITH REGARD(S) TO
WON'T, WONT
WORN
WRACK
WRAP
WREAK
WREAK (WRECK) HAVOC
WREST
WRETCH
WRING
WRITE
WRY

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Xmas / Christmas

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ya’ll
ye
yea / yeah / yay
year end and year out
ying and yang
yoke / yolk
you
you better
you can’t have your cake and eat it too
you know / you know what I’m saying
you was
your guys’s
your / you
your / you’re
yourself
youse
you’ve got another thing coming

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YOKE, YOLK
YOU'RE, YOUR

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zero-sum gain
zeroscape
zoology

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