Here is a list of commonly misused words or word phrases. The definitions of these words or word phrases may come from Cambridge Dictionaries Online, MacMillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners or Oxford Dictionaries Online.
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with baited breath, with bated breath
Which should you use, with baited breath or with bated breath ? The construction with bated breath means anxiously or excitedly. With baited breath...
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with a respect, with respect
Which should you use, with a respect or with respect ? To treat someone with respect means to treat someone with honour. Respect is an uncountable...
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with a respect to, with respect to
Which should you use, with a respect to or with respect to ? With respect to means in connection with. Respect does not need a preceding article. ...
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wholy, wholly
Which should you use, wholy or wholly ? The adverb wholly means completely. Wholy is a misspelling. Incorrect: I am not saying that they are wholy...
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whoever, whomever
Which should you use, whoever or whomever ? The indefinite relative pronoun whoever means the person who. Use whoever when it functions as the...
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who, whom
Which should you use, who or whom ? The interrogative pronoun who is used to ask about the subject of a sentence. When used with the linking verb be...
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who's, whose
Which should you use, who’s or whose ? Who’s is the contraction of who is or who has . Whose can function as an interrogative pronoun, an...
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while, whilst
Which should you use, while or whilst ? Both while and whilst are subordinating conjunctions meaning during the time, although, or whereas. Whilst ,...
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where somebody is concern, where somebody is concerned
Which should you use, where somebody is concern or where somebody is concerned ? The construction where somebody/someone is concerned is used for...
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wheel chair, wheelchair
Which should you use, wheel chair or wheelchair ? The noun wheelchair means a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use for moving...
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