Frequently Confused Words

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Frequently Confused Words

• Confusion!!!

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Some words sound the same but have different
meanings.

• Homophones are words of the same language that
  are pronounced alike even if they differ in
  spelling, meaning, or origin, such as "pair" and
  "pear".
• Homophones may also be spelled alike, as in
  "bear" (the animal) and "bear" (to carry).

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Its Possessive It owns something
• Its It is

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Their Possessive Something belongs to them.
• There A place
• Theyre They are

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Your Possession Belongs to you
• Youre You are

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• To Preposition
• Too An amount, very, also
• Two Number

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Our Possessive Belongs to us
• Are Verbs form of to be

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Here This location
• Hear sound

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Knew What you remembered
• New Not old

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Threw Verb what you do with a ball
• Through Preposition

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Than Comparison Math term
• Then Time

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Top Ten F.C.W.

• Buy bought
• Bye What you say when you leave Good-bye
• By Near to a location