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Numbers and measurements	55
Numbers	56
Ages	56
Ordinals	56
Telephone numbers	57
Units of measurement	57
Percentages	57
Currency	57
Commonly misused terms	59
‘ A ’ and ‘ an ’	60
‘ Affect ’ and ‘ effect ’	60
‘ But ’ and ‘ however ’	60
‘ Can ’ and ‘ may ’	60
‘ Compare to ’ versus ‘ compare with ’	60
‘ Different from ’ and ‘ different to ’	60
‘ Either ’ versus ‘ neither ’	61
‘ Fewer ’ and ‘ less ’	61
Figures of speech	61
‘ Forego ’ and ‘ forgo ’	61
‘ Lay ’ and ‘ lie ’	61
Myriad	61
‘ Onto ’ and ‘ on to ’	61
‘ Over ’ and ‘ more than ’	62
Percentage increases	62
‘ That ’ and ‘ which ’	62
‘ That ’ and ‘ who ’	62
‘ Their ’, ‘ there ’ and ‘ they ’ re ’	62
‘ Who ’ and ‘ whom ’	62
Suicide	63
Spelling	65

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