Commonly misspelled words
fluorescent, not flurescent
friend, not freind
harass, not harrass
hors d’oeuvre, not ordurves [and don't add an s at the end]
Commonly misspelled words
definitely, not definately
desperate, not desparate
embarrass, not embaress
exercise, not exersize
Commonly misspelled words
business, not busyness
cemetery, not cemetary
collectible, not collectable
committee, not comitee
conceive, not concieve
Commonly misspelled words
achievement, not acheivement
ad nauseam, not ad nauseum
alcohol, not alcahol
apology, not apolagy
apparent, not apparant
atheist, not athiest
Commonly misspelled words
absence, not absense or abcense
abundance, not abundence [imagine: a bun dance]
accessible, not accessable
accommodate, not acomadate
One of these words is not absolutely essential
Here are a few more redundant phrases that are used often.
essential, not absolutely essential [essential means necesssary]
same, not exactly the same [same means identical]
unite, not unite together [unite means to come together]
unique, not very unique [unique means one of a kind]
Don’t use the variant spelling
The second spelling is acceptable but it is better to choose the first.
liquefy rather than liquify
rarefy rather than rarify
minuscule rather than miniscule
OK or O.K. rather than okay
Till rather than til or ’til
Don’t use the variant spelling
The second spelling is acceptable but it is better to choose the first.
all right rather than alright
ax rather than axe
catalog rather than catalogue
gauge rather than gage
gray rather than grey
Why don’t they ask for your future experience?
These are crazy redundant phrases that are used often.
experience, not past experience [all experience is in the past]
innovation, not new innovation [all innovations are new]
plans, not future plans [all plans are in the future]
Number usage: multiple numbers in a sentence
If there are two numbers next to each other, use a combination of numerals and characters for clarification.
There were twenty 6-foot-high posts used for the fence.
They gave away 123 ten-page booklets.
If a sentence starts with a number and another number is separated by no more than three words, use text for both. Otherwise a number starting a sentence has no affect on the other number styles.
Thirty men and forty women attended the event.
Fifty years ago they saw an eclipse and the next one won’t occur for another 40 years.