Laraine Anne Barker

Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 1 Of 6
By Laraine Anne Barker ACCEPT, EXCEPT Not commonly seen even from unpublished writers, who are probably familiar with the difference because they're all waiting for an acceptance! "We accept your in......
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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 6 Of 6
SALE, SAIL Sale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale") or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is part of a ship or boat. SELL, CELL Sell is to exchange for money; cell i......
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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 5 Of 6
PASSED, PAST Passed is the past tense of pass. Past means a time that has gone. "Time passed and we all forgot the incident." "In times past it was the custom for women to wear hats in church." P......
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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 4 Of 6
LATER, LATTER Later means afterwards; latter is the second of two things. "Later that day we went for a walk." "We have two choices. The latter is the more reliable, but the former would be cheaper."......
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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 3 Of 6
ELICIT, ILLICIT Elicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal. EVERYONE, EVERY ONE Everyone means every person in a group; every one means each person and is always followed by "of". "......
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Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 2 Of 6
BAITED, BATED Baited usually refers to traps or snares. When the reference is to someone who is hardly daring to breathe, the correct word is always bated: "She watched with bated breath." I've yet t......
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