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‘Bean’ and ‘been’ sound the same, so it’s easy to mix up these words. But...
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‘Wine’ and ‘whine’ have very different meanings, but they only differ by one letter, so...
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The words ‘gaffe’ and ‘gaff’ sound the same and only differ by one letter in...
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The words ‘flaunt’ and ‘flout’ look similar written down, so it’s easy to mix them...
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The words ‘week’ and ‘weak’ sound identical but have different meanings. And since they only...
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The words ‘peace’ and ‘piece’ sound the same, but you won’t want to use the...
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The words ‘empathy’ and ‘sympathy’ are both related to how we respond to other people’s...
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It’s easy to mix up the words ‘one’ and ‘won’ because they sound the same,...
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The words ‘weather’ and ‘whether’ sound alike, but they’re spelled differently and have different meanings....
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The words ‘buy’, ‘bye’ and ‘by’ look and sound similar. These terms are all used...
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‘Many’ and ‘much’ are both quantifiers (i.e. they indicate quantity). The difference is that we...
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Have you ever wondered why a skyscraper is ‘tall’ but a shelf is ‘high’? Both...
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