Revising and Editing

confusionnotes iconWhich words do you consistently misspell? Do you have trouble remembering the meaning of certain words or when to use them correctly? Consider the list below that contains commonly misspelled or misused words. Are any of them troublesome for you, or do you have a list of other words that send you to a dictionary on a routine basis?

Make a list of these words, then use this list as a checklist when you revise and edit your paper.

 

 

Accept/Except

Passed/Past

Accustom

Prescription/Subscription

Between/Among

Principle/Principal

Conscious/Conscience

Receive

Effect/Affect

Stationery/Stationary

Embarrass

Than/Then

Fewer/Less

Their/There/They're

Its/It's

Through/Though/Threw

Opportunity

To/Too/Two