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5. Commonly Confused Language

Commonly Confused Words

Complement Compliment
– Adds something – Puts you in the limelight
– (That colour complements your hair) – (I want to compliment your new hairstyle)
Continual Continuous
– Happening over and over again – Doesn’t stop, all the time
Hear Here
– You hear with your ears – Here and there
Hanged Hung
– People are hanged – Pictures are hung
Lose Loose
– If I lose more weight – My clothes will be too loose
Principal Principle
– The principal is your pal (friend) – You live by your principles
There Their
– Here and there – Their son is their heir
Weather Whether
– It’s cold, hot, windy – Whether you like it or not
Whose Who’s
– Possessive: the boy whose shoes… – Who is: the boy who’s being scolded?

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