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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words that are thought to be commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and professional grammarians defining the norms of Standard English.

  3. Commonly misspelled English words - Wikipedia

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    The following list, of about 350 words, is based on documented lists [4] [10] of the top 100, 200, or 400 [3] most commonly misspelled words in all variants of the English language, rather than listing every conceivable misspelled word.

  4. Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of commonly misused ...

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    Firstly, the list should be moved back to "... of words" since it is a list of words. A list of commonly misused phrases would include "begs the question" and other phrases. The examples could be considered original research. The definitions are also on dangerous ground: too close to the source and it is plagiarism, to far and it is original ...

  5. 21 Commonly Misspelled Words and How to Spell Them - AOL

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    How to spell commonly misspelled words. The English language is filled with confusing and hard-to-spell words. If you’ve had to think twice or consult a dictionary or Google before writing a ...

  6. 15 misused words that make smart people look foolish

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    No one has perfect mastery of the English language, but these 15 commonly misused words make even the smartest people sound silly.

  7. The Elements of Style - Wikipedia

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    The Elements of Style (also called Strunk & White) is a style guide for formal grammar used in American English writing. The first publishing was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused," and a ...

  8. 21 common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them - AOL

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    Prepositions are any words that a squirrel can "run" with a tree (i.e. The squirrel ran around, by, through, up, down, around, etc. the tree). For example, "My boss explained company policy, which ...

  9. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The guiding rule should be to include words if they are more likely to be incorrect spellings than correct spellings even if it means that occasionally there will be false positives. Keep in mind some words could be corrected to multiple different possibilities and some are names of brands, songs, or products. These are just the most common.