| A | B |
|---|
| personal | private or individual |
| personnel | workers in a particular business or other organization |
| perspective | a person’s mental vision or outlook on things |
| prospective | expected in or related to the future (adjective) |
| pore (noun) | a minute, very small opening |
| pore (verb) | to read intently |
| pour | to cause to flow in a stream (verb) |
| poor | lacking wealth or inferior |
| precede | to go or come before |
| proceed | to move on or go ahead |
| princiPAL | highest-ranking person (school principal who is your pal) |
| princiPAL | a sum of invested money (money is your pal) |
| princiPAL | the main or highest in rank or importance (The main or principal goal is to succeed.) |
| princiPAL | person with high authority; an owner, especially one with executive authority, of a business firm |
| principLE | ruLE; a guiding doctrine or a scientific law (noun) |
| quote | use as a verb in formal writing |
| quotation | always a noun |
| real (not very or really) | authentic do not use in place of the adverbs very or really |
| reason that... Not reason…is because | do not use reason…is because, use reason…that or use because |
| right | that which is just or legal (noun--I have a right to free speech.) |
| right | righteous, correct, or appropriate (adjective--The water was just right.) |
| write | to inscribe or compose |
| scene | a view, a place where something happens, or a spectacle (noun) |
| seen | a form of the verb see |
| seam | a line formed by joining two pieces (noun) |
| seem | to give the impression of being (verb) |
| set | to place or put down (needs direct object--I set the keys on the table.) |
| sit | to assume a seated position (no direct object--I sit down; I sat down; I had sat down.) |
| sight | as a noun – ability to see or something seen (My sight is very good.) |
| sight | as a verb – to see something (I sighted a bird in the tree.) |
| cite | to quote, to officially commend, or to summon before a court |
| site | a place |
| some | refers to unspecified things or numbers |
| sum | the total |
| stationary | immobile |
| stationery | wring materials used in letters |
| consequently | as a result of |
| subsequently | following in time or order |
| than | indicates a comparison |
| then | refers to time |
| their | possessive pronoun |
| there | as a pronoun – used to introduce a clause |
| there | as an adverb -- used to indicate place |
| they’re | contraction for they are |
| threw | past tense of throw |
| through | as a preposition - in one side and out the other |
| through | as an adjective – extending from one place to another |
| to | indicates direction (preposition) / also used to form an infinitive (to sing, to be, to talk) |
| too | also, very, or excessively (He wanted too much ice cream.) |
| two | the number 2 |
| vary | to change; to fluctuate |
| very | to a high degree |
| waist | body part between rib cage and the hips |
| waste | as a verb – to use carelessly or to cause to lose energy |
| wait | as a verb - to remain somewhere expecting something or someone |
| wait | as a noun – refers to a period of waiting |
| weight | a measure of heaviness |
| ware | refers to manufactured goods |
| wear | as a verb – to have on one’s person |
| wear | as a noun – clothing |
| where | refers to location |
| waver | refers to faltering during decision making |
| waiver | a conscious surrender of rights or privileges |
| who / that | always refers to people (that may refer to animals or nonliving objects) |
| which | refers to nonliving objects or animals, in formal writing use to introduce nonrestrictive clauses |
| that / who | that may refer to animals or nonliving objects; who refers to people |
| who’s | contraction of who is or who has |
| whose | a possessive pronoun |
| your | a possessive pronoun |
| you’re | contraction of you are |
