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Commonly Misused Word
Misusing words makes you look less intelligent than you really are. If you misuse words in your writing, it can damage your credibility and diminish the point you’re trying to make. Even worse, it could completely change the meaning of the sentence.
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| accept | means to willingly receive something |
| except | means to exclude something |
| affect | verb refers to the experience of feeling or emotion |
| effect | noun; a result caused by an action |
| compliment | an expression of praise |
| complement | something that completes or makes perfect |
| desert | dry patch of sand |
| dessert | sweet, fatty substance you eat at the end of your meal |
| emigrate | the leaving of one country |
| immigrate | the arriving in another country |
| set | putting an object down on something - like a table |
| sit | what you do in a chair |
| capitol | the building |
| it's | it is |
| stationary | something you write on |
| stationery | you aren’t moving |
| they're | they are |
| their | belonging to them |
| there | a place |
| you're | you are |
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Pepperell High School |
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