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peacefrog
In case someone cares...

http://wsuonline.weber.edu/wrh/words.htm

As an editor, I often see people make these mistakes:

effect/affect
ellicit/illicit
they're/there/their
Heather
I misspelled "mispelled" here the other day for the sake of comedy and no one laughed. sad.gif
samy0
Very helpful PF. that goes into my favorites immediately
peacefrog
Another good one, much more detailed: http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
Naomi
QUOTE (Heather @ Dec 7 2006, 01:16 PM) *
I misspelled "mispelled" here the other day for the sake of comedy and no one laughed. sad.gif


I probly didn't even notice tongue.gif .
City Park Dad
Further(advancement) and farther (distance).
SMan
QUOTE (City Park Dad @ Dec 7 2006, 04:08 PM) *
Further(advancement) and farther (distance).


When writing, I have a sec to think about these two and keep them straight. When speaking, I've been known to mix them up.
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