{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-commonly-confused",
 "id": "la-commonly-confused",
 "title": "Commonly Confused Words",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Word pairs that trip writers up, with a quick way to tell them apart.",
 "tags": [
  "commonly confused",
  "usage"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Pair",
 "backLabel": "Difference",
 "cards": [
  [
   "affect / effect",
   "Affect is usually a verb (to influence); effect is usually a noun (a result)"
  ],
  [
   "accept / except",
   "Accept means to receive; except means leaving out"
  ],
  [
   "advice / advise",
   "Advice is a noun; advise is a verb"
  ],
  [
   "all ready / already",
   "All ready means fully prepared; already means by now"
  ],
  [
   "all together / altogether",
   "All together means as a group; altogether means completely"
  ],
  [
   "allusion / illusion",
   "An allusion is a reference; an illusion is a false appearance"
  ],
  [
   "among / between",
   "Among for three or more; between for two"
  ],
  [
   "amount / number",
   "Amount for what cannot be counted; number for what can"
  ],
  [
   "beside / besides",
   "Beside means next to; besides means in addition"
  ],
  [
   "breath / breathe",
   "Breath is a noun; breathe is a verb"
  ],
  [
   "capital / capitol",
   "Capital is a city or money; capitol is a government building"
  ],
  [
   "choose / chose",
   "Choose is present; chose is past"
  ],
  [
   "cloth / clothe",
   "Cloth is a noun; clothe is a verb"
  ],
  [
   "complement / compliment",
   "Complement completes; compliment praises"
  ],
  [
   "conscience / conscious",
   "Conscience is your inner sense of right; conscious means awake or aware"
  ],
  [
   "council / counsel",
   "Council is a group; counsel is advice"
  ],
  [
   "desert / dessert",
   "Desert is dry land; dessert is a sweet course"
  ],
  [
   "elicit / illicit",
   "Elicit means draw out; illicit means unlawful"
  ],
  [
   "eminent / imminent",
   "Eminent means famous; imminent means about to happen"
  ],
  [
   "farther / further",
   "Farther for distance; further for degree or extent"
  ],
  [
   "fewer / less",
   "Fewer for countable things; less for amounts"
  ],
  [
   "good / well",
   "Good is an adjective; well is usually an adverb"
  ],
  [
   "hear / here",
   "Hear with your ears; here is a place"
  ],
  [
   "its / it's",
   "Its shows ownership; it's means it is"
  ],
  [
   "lay / lie",
   "Lay means to place; lie means to rest"
  ],
  [
   "lead / led",
   "Lead (rhymes with bead) is present; led is past"
  ],
  [
   "loose / lose",
   "Loose means not tight; lose means to misplace"
  ],
  [
   "passed / past",
   "Passed is a verb; past is a time or position"
  ],
  [
   "peace / piece",
   "Peace is calm; piece is a part"
  ],
  [
   "principal / principle",
   "Principal is a school head or main; principle is a rule"
  ],
  [
   "quiet / quite",
   "Quiet means silent; quite means very"
  ],
  [
   "raise / rise",
   "Raise needs an object; rise does not"
  ],
  [
   "stationary / stationery",
   "Stationary means still; stationery is writing paper"
  ],
  [
   "than / then",
   "Than compares; then is about time"
  ],
  [
   "their / there / they're",
   "Ownership; place; they are"
  ],
  [
   "to / too / two",
   "Toward; also; the number 2"
  ],
  [
   "weather / whether",
   "Weather is the sky; whether is a choice"
  ],
  [
   "who's / whose",
   "Who's means who is; whose shows ownership"
  ],
  [
   "your / you're",
   "Ownership; you are"
  ],
  [
   "bring / take",
   "Bring comes toward; take goes away"
  ],
  [
   "borrow / lend",
   "Borrow means to receive; lend means to give"
  ],
  [
   "can / may",
   "Can is ability; may is permission"
  ],
  [
   "compose / comprise",
   "Compose means to make up; comprise means to include"
  ],
  [
   "continuous / continual",
   "Continuous never stops; continual stops and starts"
  ],
  [
   "disinterested / uninterested",
   "Disinterested means neutral; uninterested means not caring"
  ],
  [
   "e.g. / i.e.",
   "e.g. means for example; i.e. means that is"
  ],
  [
   "emigrate / immigrate",
   "Emigrate means leave a country; immigrate means enter a new one"
  ],
  [
   "ensure / insure",
   "Ensure means make certain; insure relates to insurance"
  ],
  [
   "formally / formerly",
   "Formally means properly; formerly means before"
  ],
  [
   "historic / historical",
   "Historic is important in history; historical relates to history"
  ],
  [
   "imply / infer",
   "Imply is to suggest; infer is to figure out"
  ],
  [
   "lightning / lightening",
   "Lightning is the flash; lightening is making lighter"
  ],
  [
   "literally / figuratively",
   "Literally means exactly; figuratively means in a symbolic way"
  ],
  [
   "precede / proceed",
   "Precede is to come before; proceed is to go forward"
  ],
  [
   "stake / steak",
   "A stake is a post; a steak is meat"
  ],
  [
   "than / that",
   "Than compares; that points out"
  ],
  [
   "weak / week",
   "Not strong; seven days"
  ],
  [
   "which / witch",
   "Which asks; witch uses magic"
  ],
  [
   "wander / wonder",
   "Wander means roam; wonder means ask in your mind"
  ],
  [
   "whole / hole",
   "All; a gap"
  ],
  [
   "write / right",
   "Compose; correct"
  ],
  [
   "sight / site / cite",
   "Vision; location; quote a source"
  ],
  [
   "elude / allude",
   "Elude means escape; allude means refer to"
  ]
 ]
}