Confusing Word Pairs Flashcards
(34 cards)
Principal or principle
Principal-primary or sum of money or school administrator
Principle- means idea
Its or it’s
It’s-contraction it is
Its-possessive
Further or farther
Further-refer to additional time
Farther-refer to distance
Accept or except
Accept-to receive
Except-other than
Steal or steel
Steel-metal
Steal-to take
Weather or whether
Weather-atmosphere
Whether-refers to possibility
Immigrate or emigrate
Immigrate-come into
Emigrate-to go out of
Good or well
Good-adj
Well-adv
Fewer or less
Fewer-refer numbers
Less-refer to bulk
All right
All right is correct no other form is
Can or may
Can-ability
May-permission
Anyway or anyways
Only anyway is correct
Brake or break
Brake-to stop
break-destroy of period of rest
Real very or really
Very or really used as adv
among or between
Among- more than 2
Between-only 2
Beside or besides
Beside-next to
Besides-in addition
Council or counsel
Council-group
Counsel-advice
Alter or altar
Alter-change
Altar-platform
An or a
An-vowel
A-constant
Who’s or whose
Who’s-who is
Whose- possession
Complement or compliment
Complement-refer to complete
Compliment-admiration
Later or latter
Later-after
Latter-refer to the 2nd of the 2 things mentioned
Personal or personnel
Personal-private
Personnel-particular job
Quote or quotation
Quote-v
Quotation-n
