Commonly Confused Words

Commonly Confused Words , Words that sound alike or nearly alike but have different meanings often cause writers trouble. Here are a few of the most common pairs with correct definitions and examples: Accept / Except Affect / Effect A Lot / A lot Allusion / Illusion All Ready / Already Altogether / All Together Apart / A Part Ascent / Assent Breath / Breathe Capital / Capitol Cite / Sight / Site Complement / Compliment Conscience / Conscious Counsil / Counsel Elicit / Illicit Eminent / Immanent / Imminent Its / It's Lead / Led Lie / Lay Lose / Loose Novel Passed / Past Precede / Procede Principal / Principle Quote / Quotation Stationary / Stationery Supposed To / Suppose Than / Then Their / There / They're Through / Threw / Thorough / Though / Thru To / Too / Two Who / Which / That Who / Whom