Common Word Mistakes

Accept/Except Advise/Advice/Inform Affect/Effect Alumna/Alumnae/Alumnus/Alumni Ambiguous/Ambivalent Amount/Number Bad/Badly Being that/Being as Beside/Besides Between/Among Between you and I (me) Bring/Take Can/May Capitol/Capital Catalog Classwork Common/Mutual Complement/Compliment Compose/Comprise Continuous/Continual Could of, Would of Curriculum Vitae, Curricula Vitae Double Negatives Download Due to e.g./i.e. Emeritus/Emerita Emigrate/Immigrate Eminent/Imminent/Immanent Ensure/Insure/Assure Everybody/Everyone Ex-officio Farther/Further Fewer/Less	Fiancé/Fiancée Former/Latter Freshman/Freshmen Good/Well Had/Ought In regards to In the event that Implicit/Imply/Infer Incredible/Incredulous Ingenious/Ingenuous Inservice Its/It’s Libel/Slander Lie/Lay Like/As/Such As More than/Over None is/None are Nonprofit Oral/Verbal People/Persons Percent Principal/Principle Regarding Regardless/Irregardless Respectfully/Respectively Shall/Will Startup That/Which Their/There To/Too Upperclassman/Upperclassmen Who/Whom Your/You’re

Common Singular and Plural Words	Words and Phrases to Avoid
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