:Examples
Accept / Except
.Please accept our apology, we didn’t mean to hurt your feelings
.All of us received our books except the new student
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Advice / Advise
.My parents don't stop from giving me advice
.My family doctor advised me to take vitamins everyday
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Affect / Effect
.The immune system of a second hand smoker will be affected eventually
.The media has strong effect on societies
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A lot / Allot
.An athlete/ sportsperson usually has a lot of stamina than an average person
.The teacher decided to allot fifty questions to the final exam
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Are / Our
.Organized employees are successful in their career
.Our plants are growing fast
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Bi / By / Bye
Biweekly mortgage payment plan helps the loaner to have an advantage to paying off the
.principles faster than in monthly plan
.Advanced technology takes us to thel evel where we can order a pizza by using the net
Bye bye London is a popular Arabic comedy play, and it is sold with English subtitle to
.non-Arabic comedy lovers
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Bite / Byte
. Becareful ! the dog might bite you
.One byte equals to eight bits
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Board / Bored
.The teacher asked the pupils to write their names on the ( black/ green ) board
?What would you do if you got bored today
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Box / Books / Bucks
.I was able to save a hundred bucks from my work for buying a full box of used books
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Choose / Chose
.You choose first then I will be next
?Why you chose not to come with us
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Coarse / Courses
.Mechanics and farmers’ skin become coarse from the everyday physical work
.Travelers should have courses of the language of the country they intended to visit
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Complement / Compliment
.The man bought a graft as a complement to his new suit
.She wasn't offended when the strangers were staring at him, but he took it as a complement
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Conscience / Conscious
.God fearing persons have awakened conscience
.The old man was out of Conscious after the car hit him
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Consul / Council / Counsel
.The Canadian consul ( ambassador ) in United Arab Emirates lives in Dubai city
.Before taking any medication, you should counsel a doctor
!The strata council of the new building is doing excellent job
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Desert / Dessert
.The city was deserted during the civil war
.Most people like to have dessert after a eating big meals
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Dining / Dinning
.On Eid Al Adha, my family always dine at my grandfather's house
.The hospital is dinning from new born babies
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Does / Dose
.How many languages does she speak
.The doctor increased the doses of her medications
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Folks / Fox
! Where are our folks? It seems no one is coming to the event
.Last night the fox ate our hens and the guard dogs didn’t notice
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Forth / Fourth
My best friends and I met the other day for the first time after ten years long; we started
.talking about our university years we spent together and so forth
.I represent the fourth generation of my family tree
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Hear / Here
?They can not hear us, shall we use the microphone to make the announcement
.They can spend the night here at our house until they found a place
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It’s / Its
.It’s my fault I should have told you long time ago
.I love my cat and its kitten
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Later / Latter
There is a memo posted in the bulletin board saying that later in the afternoon the
.company management committee / team is going to have meeting
.In the latter end of the spring season, the climate begins to change
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Led / Lead
.LED is an abbreviation that stands for Light Emitting Diodes
.Diego Maradona was leading the Argentinean national soccer team to win the world Cup
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Loose / Lose
.The shirt was quite loose on the child
.A good Store should update its products and services or else it loses its customers
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Miner / Minor
.Most minors earn high wages for risking their lives
.Both drivers had minor injuries in the car accident
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Moral / Morale
.A moral person should be a good example to others
.The fans attended the match in France to raise their team’s morale
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Peace / Piece
.True Muslims want to spread peace and justice to the world
(It is so easy, piece of cake ! ( an Idiom
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Personal / Personnel
.Please don’t take it personal, we were joking with you
.The embassy personnel accepted to give us the visa
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Principal / Principle
.The principal suspended a few bullies to prevent harassment at the school
.He believes his principles should be considered and be in priority before anything else
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Quiet / Quite
.Librarians have the right to ask readers to be quiet for not disturbing the other readers
.These stores have the best brands, but they are quite expensive
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Read / Red
.The instructor asked me to read the chapter out loud at class
.The colour of the blood is red
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Stationary / Stationery
.In general, stationary products are whether antiques or toys
.Chalks, Clips, and staplers are stationery materials
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Than / Then
.Steven is taller than his father Mr. Kevin
.Mrs. Claude is planning to take to a restaurant then to a concert for her birthday
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Their / There / They’re
There is few lucky people who are self-made; they’re respected by people for their
.integrity and honesty
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Too / Two / To
.Fred wants his dad to buy for him two video games too like his older brother
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Were / Where / We're
.We're searching for our neighbours where we were living twenty five years ago
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Who’s / Whose
?Who's that person and where is he from
?Whose car was hit yesterday
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You’re / Your
.You're acting exactly the same way as your parents
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