Chapter Ten
Common confusions and how to avoid them
Common confusions for both NE and non-NE writers
Some words repeatedly cause businesses confusion. In many cases it’s because different people within the same company set their computer spellcheck to different varieties of English. Often homonyms confuse. These are words that have the same sound but can have different meanings and spellings.
Words or spellings that commonly confuse
Here are some commonly confused words, together with examples of correct usage.
Receive and recieve
The correct version is ‘receive’. A useful rule in English spelling is that after the letter ‘c’ the letter ‘e’ goes before ‘i’.
Stationary and stationery
‘Stationary’ means standing still: for example, ‘The careless ...
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