Commonly Confused Words, A Few
| Affect (v. to influence, to change) |
Effect (n. a result, a consequence) |
| All ready (everyone is prepared) |
Already (adv. by this time, previously) |
| Allusion (n. indirect suggestion) |
Illusion (n. false or misleading idea) |
| Altogether (adv. completely) |
All together (at the same time or place) |
| Anyway (adv. in any case) |
Any way (in any manner) |
| Decent (adj. proper, respectable) |
Descent (n. action of going down) |
| Desert (n. hot, dry region) |
Dessert (n. last course of the meal) |
| Emigrate (v. to leave one’s country) |
Immigrate (v. to move to a new country) |
| Farther (adv. greater physical distance) |
Further (adj. additional; to an advanced point) |
| Its (pronoun, possessive) |
It’s (contraction for “it is”) |
| Precede (v. to go in front of someone) |
Proceed (v. to move forward) |