Misspellings

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concensus consensus to have a common sense of something
miniscule minuscule diminutive of minus, not minis
supercede supersede from Latin sed- (sit), as in sediment and sedentary

One word written as two

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along side alongside
in tact intact
over look overlook
with out without

Two words written as one

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alot a lot
aswell as well
outloud out loud
tookover took over

"-aly" in place of "-ally"

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accidentaly accidentally
actualy actually
basicaly basically
criticaly critically
digitaly digitally
fataly fatally
finaly finally
formaly formally
illegaly illegally
legaly legally
officialy officially
socialy socially
specialy specially
specificaly specifically
terminaly terminally
totaly totally
typicaly typically
usualy usually

"-chs" in place of "-ches"

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approachs approaches
archs arches
batchs batches
beachs beaches
benchs benches
bitchs bitches
bleachs bleaches
branchs branches
breachs breaches
britchs britches
brunchs brunches
bunchs bunches
catchs catches
churchs churches
coachs coaches
crunchs crunches
ditchs ditches
hatchs hatches
hitchs hitches
hunchs hunches
inchs inches
latchs latches
leachs leaches
lunchs lunches
matchs matches
munchs munches
patchs patches
peachs peaches
pitchs pitches
punchs punches
reachs reaches
richs riches
roachs roaches
searchs searches
stitchs stitches
teachs teaches
twitchs twitches
witchs witches

"-etes" in place of "-eties"

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societes societies
varietes varieties

"-ites" in place of "-ities"

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abilites abilities
activites activities
amenites amenities
authorites authorities
capabilites capabilities
capacites capacities
celebrites celebrities
communites communities
complexites complexities
entites entities
facilites facilities
festivites festivities
formalites formalities
identites identities
impurites impurities
minorites minorities
municipalites municipalities
nationalites nationalities
opportunites opportunities
personalites personalities
polarites polarities
possibilites possibilities
probabilites probabilities
profanites profanities
qualites qualities
quantites quantities
realites realities
responsibilites responsibilities
securites securities
similarites similarities
specialites specialities
universites universities
utilites utilities

"-ley" in place of "-ely"

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absolutley absolutely
adversley adversely
approximatley approximately
closley closely
definitley definitely
deliberatley deliberately
densley densely
entirley entirely
extremley extremely
falsley falsely
fortunatley fortunately
immediatley immediately
immensley immensely
largley largely
latley lately
likley likely
livley lively
lonley lonely
loosley loosely
lovley lovely
moderatley moderately
negativley negatively
positivley positively
privatley privately
rarley rarely
relativley relatively
respectivley respectively
safley safely
scarcley scarcely
separatley separately
severley severely
ultimatley ultimately
unfortunatley unfortunately
widley widely

Redundant phrases

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Phrase Meaning
AC current alternating current current
ATM machine automated teller machine machine
close proximity close closeness
DC current direct current current
DVD disc
first and foremost
HIV virus human immunodeficiency virus virus
least minimal least least
PIN number personal identification number number
RAM memory random-access memory memory
ROM memory read-only memory memory
SAT test scholastic aptitude test test
USD dollar United States dollar dollar

Other phrases

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Wrong word used (proper usage in parenthesis)

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The next three should only be attempted by a competent physicist:

(Brief explanation: current = flow of charge; thus "flow of current" = flow of flow of charge)
  1. current flow (current, flow)
  2. current flowing (current)
  3. current passing (current)
"reigned in" (reined in)
"spitting image" (spit and image)

Dates

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Hyphens

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These expressions are normally hyphenated. Note that the hyphenation of an expression is subject to its context (see hyphen).

  • award-winning
  • case-insensitive
  • case-sensitive
  • day-to-day
  • full-time
  • out-and-out
  • out-of-door
  • out-of-doors
  • out-of-the-way
  • out-of-band
  • out-of-body
  • out-of-bounds
  • out-of-town
  • out-of-state
  • out-of-wedlock
  • out-of-pocket
  • out-of-order
  • out-of-place
  • part-time
  • left-handed
  • n-year-long
  • (n)-year-old
  • right-handed
  • state-of-the-art