Lucky 13 Misused Words
Lucky 13 part 2
Our common word choice mistakes
Our common word choice mistakes part 2
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I recently accepted/excepted a scholarship to study at BSU.

What is accepted

100
Kevin likes the beach, to/too/two.
What is too.
100
He sits by idol/idle while I do all the work.
What is idle.
100
The magician performs a new allusion/illusion.
What is illusion.
200
The results of the homecoming vote effected/affected the freshmen class enormously.
What is affected
200
After battling its/it's rival, the lion sleeps.
What is its.
200
He performed the feat/feet of lifting 100 pounds.
What is feat.
200
Starting your first day of high school is a right/rite/write of passage.
What is rite.
300
Less/fewer people voted in 2000 than in 2008.
What is fewer
300
New York City is farther/further from Denver than it is from Wyoming.
What is farther.
300
My principle/principal idea is that we restructure the test immediately.
What is principle.
300
The jumping jacks proceed/preceed the planks in the workout.
What is preceed.
400
I did crunches, and then/than I jumped rope.
What is then.
400
Their/They're/There SUV now costs $80 to fill up.
What is their.
400
This cookie compliments/complements the milk nicely.
What is complements.
400
I just bought new stationary/stationery to write to my pen pal in China.
What is stationery.
500
It's better to have loved and lost better then/than never to have loved at all.
What is than.
500
I might of/have taken the EMT class, but I didn't have enough time in the evenings.
What is have.
500
The capital/capitol building is under construction.
What is capitol.
500
I want to be discreet/discrete before I announce my decision.
What is discreet.
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