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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Mixed Up Words

Do you know the difference between…
allusion and illusion?

ingenious and ingenuous?

censor and censure?

conscience and conscious?


 WARNING: 
Know the meanings
of the words you choose!


 

2 comments:

JED from Illinois said...

U 4got some.....except and accept. & insure and ensure. & my faves: sit and set. I alwys get those mixed.

The Grammar Anarchist said...

If you edit lots of mss., you might develop a long long list. Our language is really screwed up, isn't it!