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Prove You Know English Well Enough To Choose The Right Words In 36 Commonly Confused Pairings
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“Do You Know The Difference?”: 36 Notoriously Confused Word Pairs For You To Tell Apart

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There are heaps of English words that are spelled the same or almost exactly the same as others, or sound very similar, yet carry completely different meanings. And we’re not just talking about ‘they’re,’ ‘there,’ and ‘their,’ which have successfully provided non-native English learners with free headaches indefinitely.

In this quiz, you’ll have to fill in the blanks, using notoriously confused words that even native speakers might misuse. It might seem easy at first, before you realize the two options sound the same. Think you can use the context clues and ace this language test? Let’s see!

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    Norm Gilmore
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Number 28. A citrusy colon. I know people like that and that's NOT how I would describe them.... :-)

    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    #19 a Counsel Meeting could be a meeting with a legal counsel.

    IORN
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. 24 is forced big time. Water is not a principle, folks.

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    Norm Gilmore
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Number 28. A citrusy colon. I know people like that and that's NOT how I would describe them.... :-)

    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    #19 a Counsel Meeting could be a meeting with a legal counsel.

    IORN
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. 24 is forced big time. Water is not a principle, folks.

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