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Confusing Words
Affect or effect. Lie or lay. The word pairs that trip up learners and natives alike.
Compliment vs. complement
5 articles available
Compliment vs Complement
One praises. One completes. One vowel keeps them apart.
Read vs Read
Past or present? Only context can tell.
Affect vs Effect
They sound almost the same. One quick trick tells them apart.
Their vs There vs They're
Three words. One sound. Three completely different jobs.
Then vs Than
One letter apart, and only one of them is for comparing.