affect or effect
all right, all ready, already, all together, altogether
alternately or alternatively
assure, ensure, or insure
anxious or eager
capitalization of personal titles
compare with, compare to, contrast
compose, comprise, contain, include
connotation and denotation
(and when to use methodology, method, procedure,
and approach)
continual and continuous
correlative conjunctions
(either . . . or, both . . . and, etc.)
discrete or discreet
due to or because of
e.g. or i.e.
farther or further
idiomatic prepositions
illogical idioms
its, it's, or its'
kind of, type of, sort of
lend or loan
(shibboleths)
less, fewer, and lesser
(shibboleths)
let or leave
(shibboleths)
low-fat writing
It's not the Queen's English
rules for writers
subjunctive mood of verbs
which or that
while, whereas, or although
who or whom
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