Comments on: Confusing Words, Commonly Misused

By: Why Improving & Increasing Vocabulary is Important

Why Improving & Increasing Vocabulary is Important — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:11:14 +0000

[...] recent posts: Confusing Words, Commonly Misused and More Common and Uncommon Words, Commonly Misused, are good study guides to help you expand your [...]

By: Matt Rogowski

Matt Rogowski — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:30:38 +0000

People often get reward/award wrong too.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:18:32 +0000

well luckily for me I clearly know the meaning of the following. But the post can be really useful to most people since most bloggers write spontaneously and oftentimes forget stuffs like that.

By: List Building Basics

List Building Basics — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:39:28 +0000

I agree that those words above are commonly misused. Thank you for sharing this informative post.

By: Patti Stafford

Patti Stafford — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:09:23 +0000

Thanks for the responses. Patricia Vennes has covered many commonly misused words. Please refer to the two listed below for specific words that were asked about. You can also click on Patricia's profile to find more of her work regarding misused words. For then and than: CONFUSING WORDS AND HOMONYMS: PART 5 “R, S, AND T” For effect and affect: COMMON HOMONYM MIX UPS: THE “A, B, AND C’S” For the other words: adapt/adopt, alternate/alternative - It sounds like another good post as I've discovered a few others to add to the list. -Patti

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:28:46 +0000

How about “then” and “than”. I always get mixed up on those two.

Rob – LexiConn

By: techandlife

techandlife — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:45:37 +0000

Here's a few more: effect/affect, adapt/adopt, alternate/alternative