Common Form
| above
| no basis
| not a noun nor an adjective
| none of the above; the above words
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| affect
| confusing
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| aggravate
| changing
| literally means "make serious"
| "annoy"
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| ain't
| commoners
| is not; have not
| ain't there; ain't seen nothing yet
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| alot
| misc
| a lot (nonword)
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| alright
| classic
| all right
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| amount
| no basis
| not a synonym for "number"
| a substantial amount of loans
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| anymore
| classic
| any more
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| assimilation
| pronounce
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| "little" pronounced "liddle"
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| at this point in time
| commoners
| not succinct
| now
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| awful
| classic
| means "full of awe"
| also means "objectionable" or "very"
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| awhile
| no basis
| a while
| awhile longer
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| behalf
| no basis
| specific way to use with "in" or "on"
| argued ("in" or "on") their behalf
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| between
| misc
| use "among" for more than 2
| between nations
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| bi-
| confusing
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| means "every other"
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| blame
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| blame me for it
| blame it on me
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| bogus
| personal
| means "not genuine"
| "no way"
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| borrow
| classic
| loan me some money
| borrow me some money
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| can
| classic
| May I go.
| Can I go.
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| can hardly
| commoners
| can't hardly
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| centered around
| misc
| revolved around
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| coming or going
| personal
| approaching or proceeding
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| complected
| commoners
| nonstandard
| standard American English
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| comprise
| classic
| not a synonym for "compose" or "constitute"
| a synonym for "make up"
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| consensus of opinion
| no basis
| (redundancy)
| means "general agreement"
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| contact
| no basis
| not a verb
| contact your physician
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| could care less
| commoners
| couldn't care less
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| could of
| pronounce
| could have
| pronunciation is similar to "could've"
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| couple hundred
| commoners
| a couple of hundred
| a couple hundred
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| coyote
| pronounce
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| various pronunciations
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| different than
| no basis
| different from; different than before
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|
| dilemma
| changing
| literally refers to 2 unsatisfactory choices
| dilemma of modern technology
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| discreet
| new
| or discrete
| prudent or separate
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| disinterested
| no basis
| do not interchange with "uninterested"
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|
| disjunct
| no basis
| nonstandard
| "clearly" used to mean "it is clear"
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| discipline
| personal
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| nomenclature within a field of study
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| disyllabic
| pronounce
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| "foliage" pronounced "foe-ledge"
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| double negatives
| commoners
| nonstandard
| "don't know nothin" "don't got no"
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| drownd
| commoners
| drowned
| phonetic spelling
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| due to
| no basis
| owing to
| due to the complaints
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| each other
| misc
| use "one another" for more than 2
| they looked at each other
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| early on
| commoners
| objected to by some American writers
| now well established in English
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| effect
| confusing
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| effect a settlement
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| enormity
| changing
| literally means "wickedness"
| "immensity"
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| enthuse
| no basis
| nonword
| verb form of "enthusiasm"
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| etc
| misc
| et cetera (e.c. or et.c.)
| sometimes abbreviated "etc."
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| farther or further
| changing
| farther=distance; further=additional
| interchanged
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| fat chance
| commoners
|
| idiom for "slim chance"
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| flaunt
| changing
| not a synonym for "flout"
| he flaunted the rules
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| forte
| pronounce
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| various pronunciations
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| fortuitous
| no basis
| not a synonym for "fortunate"
| both words are akin to Latin "fort-" and "fors"
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| fulsome
| confusing
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| may mean "generous" or "flattering"
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| funny
| commoners
| use "peculiar" for serious subject matters
| can mean "peculiar"
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| genuine
| pronounce
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| ending is pronounced either "win" or "wine"
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| get
| pronounce
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| "git"
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| go to the bathroom
| commoners
|
| idiom for what you do in the bathroom
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| good
| classic
| I feel well
| I feel good
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| graduate
| no basis
| do not use intransitively
| I graduated from college
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| greatuncle
| new
| granduncle
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| gyro
| new
| pronounced "yiro"
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|
| hemeralopia
| misc
| medically means "reduced visual capacity in bright light"
| night blindness
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| hoi polloi
| misc
| means "upper crust"
| literally means "the many"
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| Holland
| misc
| The Netherlands
| historic name and the name of a Province
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| honing in
| misc
| homing in
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| I
| classic
| with mother and I
| with mother and me
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| incredulous
| changing
| literally means "skeptical"
| "incredible"
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| infer
| changing
| means a conclusion based on facts
| "imply"
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| into
| confusing
| went into the house
| went in the house
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| I've
| personal
| nonstandard
|
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| importantly
| no basis
| it is more important that
| more importantly
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| irregardless
| commoners
| regardless
| ? is "inflammable" a redundant form of "flammable"
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| -ish
| commoners
| over used to make adjectives
| ? does "flourish" mean "like flour"
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| -ize
| no basis
| over used to make verbs
| finalize
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| judgement
| personal
| judgment
|
|
| kilometer
| pronounce
|
| various pronunciations
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| lay, laid, lain, or lie
| confusing
|
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| Latin singular
| misc
| "graffito" is the singular of "graffiti"
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| learn
| commoners
| teach them
| learned them
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| less
| no basis
| should not modify plural nouns
| less than a hundred miles
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| let it be
| no basis
| leave it be
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|
| liable
| misc
| means "obligated"
| synonym for "apt"
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| like
| personal
| meaningless intensive
| I was like at this party.
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| literally
| commoners
|
| used to mean figuratively
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| loan
| classic
| lend me some money
| loan me some money
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| -ly
| commoners
| open widely
| open wide
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| masterful
| ???
| redundant
| stronger idea than "masterly"
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| may
| classic
| May I go.
| Can I go.
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| me
| classic
| with mother and I
| with mother and me
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| milk
| pronounce
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| "melk"
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| minimal pair
| pronounce
|
| two unique sounds which are the only difference in 2 different words, like "cook"
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| mischievious
| commoners
|
| correct spelling is "mischievous"
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| mitigate against
| misc
| militate against
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| most
| no basis
| should not mean "almost"
| most anytime now
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| mundane
| changing
| literally means "worldly"
| "boring"
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| myself
| confusing
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| old-timers like myself
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| nauseous
| no basis
| should not mean "affected with nausea"
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| neither...or
| classic
| neither...nor
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| nite
| pronounce
| night
| variant spelling)
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| nonword
| commoners
| nonstandard usage
| idea for which no word exists
|
| nuclear
| pronounce
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| "newk-you-ler"
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| oo
| pronounce
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| either "book" or "boot"
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| off of
| misc
| off (redundancy)
|
|
| one
| confusing
|
| "When one is learning the river, he is not allowed to do or think about anything else."
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| only
| classic
| breakfast served only before 11 a.m.
| breakfast served before 11 a.m. only
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| or what
| personal
| or not
| Are you going or what?
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| past tense
| confusing
|
| hung or hanged?
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| people
| personal
| persons
|
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| per
| no basis
| restricted to business use
| 25 students per teacher
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| plenty
| ???
|
| may mean "ample" or "quite a bit of"
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| preposition
| classic
| never at the end of a sentence
| often sounds more fluent when placed at the end...
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| prescription
| pronounce
|
| "perscription"
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| presently
| no basis
| should not mean "now"
|
|
| pretty
| classic
| means having beauty
| also means "in some degree"
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| principle
| confusing
|
| only used as a noun
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| proper English
| personal
| Kings English
| various dialects of English
|
| provided or providing
| ???
|
|
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| r (as a vowel)
| pronounce
|
| 1 vowel sound between the "b" and "d" of "bird"
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| real
| changing
|
| can mean "very" as in "real smart"
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| rob
| classic
| burglarize a house; steal money
|
|
| run
| commoners
| past tense is "ran"
| he picked it up and run
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| Russ'
| personal
| (possessive form)
| Russ's or Russes
|
| second cousin
| new
| "cousin once removed" if it refers to a cousin's child
| the children of cousins are second cousins to each other
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| should
| misc
| past tense of "shall"
| used as an auxiliary verb "should go"
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| so
| no basis
| do not use to introduce a clause, nor as an intensifier
|
|
| some
| ???
|
| "some more" or "somewhat more"
|
| somewhat unique
| misc
| unique (redundancy)
|
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| such
| no basis
| not a pronoun
|
|
| sulfur
| pronounce
| sulphur
|
|
| that
| confusing
|
| can be used to introduce clauses
|
| they
| no basis
| do not use to mean "people"
| as lazy as they come
|
| transpire
| no basis
| can only mean "to be revealed" "come to light" "to become known or apparent" "develop"
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|
| unequivocably
| commoners
|
| correct spelling is "unequivocally"
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| uninterested
| no basis
| do not interchange with "disinterested"
|
|
| wait on
| no basis
| wait for
| wait for
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| which
| confusing
|
| usually refers to things
|
| who
| confusing
|
| usually refers to people
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| who
| classic
| with whom
| with who
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| whom
| classic
| with whom
| with who
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