Common mistakes
Spelling and grammar mistakes that even fluent speakers make, and how to get them right.
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A
- acheiveachieve
- a criteriaa criterion
- a dominatea dominant
- adressaddress
- affects ofeffects of
- after beenafter being
- a fungia fungus
- allreadyalready
- all the suddenall of a sudden
- all thoughalthough
- alongside withalong with
- and etcetc
- anualannual
- a one of theone of the
- a parenthesesa parenthesis
- a praya prayer
- aquaintacquaint
- aquitacquit
- arrive toarrive at
- a severalseveral
- ask helpask for help
- asterixasterisk
- at Mondayon Monday
- a womena woman
- a work outa workout
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
- had brokehad broken
- had camehad come
- had didhad done
- had knowhad known
- had misleadhad misled
- had ranhad run
- had shookhad shaken
- had spokehad spoken
- had torehad torn
- had wenthad gone
- has brunghas brought
- has fellhas fallen
- has flewhas flown
- has forbadehas forbidden
- has wrotehas written
- have wenthave gone
- having beganhaving begun
- head quartersheadquarters
- head stoneheadstone
- hearedheard
- he seenhe saw
- hinderancehindrance
- hit the breakshit the brakes
- holding the reignsholding the reins
I
J
K
L
M
O
P
R
S
- say mesay to me
- scotch freescot-free
- seigesiege
- seperateseparate
- she don’tshe doesn’t
- should backupshould back up
- shuresure
- since many yearsfor many years
- slight of handsleight of hand
- sneak peaksneak peek
- some onesomeone
- some wheresomewhere
- split in tosplit into
- standartstandard
- stopedstopped
- sunscreamsunscreen
- supercedesupersede
- suprisesurprise
T
- temporary closedtemporarily closed
- the anotheranother, the other
- the extendthe extent
- there’s twothere are two
- to choseto choose
- to loathto loathe
- to loginto log in
- tomatoetomato
- to not tonot to
- to rollbackto roll back
- tough road to hoetough row to hoe
- tow the linetoe the line
- truelytruly
- try dotry to do
- two millionstwo million
U
W
- wait mewait for me
- was sangwas sung
- was wrotewas written
- weildwield
- wetherwhether
- wet my appetitewhet my appetite
- who’s namewhose name
- will ratherwould rather
- with baited breathwith bated breath
- with inwithin
- within site ofwithin sight of
- worsereven worse
- worst thanworse than
- wreck havocwreak havoc
- wreckless drivingreckless driving