Commonly misused terms
• ‘ A ’ and ‘ an ’
• ‘ Affect ’ and ‘ effect ’
• ‘ But ’ and ‘ however ’
• ‘ Can ’ and ‘ may ’
• ‘ Compare to ’ versus ‘ compare with ’
• ‘ Different from ’ and ‘ different to ’
• ‘ Either ’ versus ‘ neither ’
• ‘ Fewer ’ and ‘ less ’
• Figures of speech
• ‘ Forego ’ and ‘ forgo ’
• ‘ Lay ’ and ‘ lie ’
• Myriad
• ‘ Onto ’ and ‘ on to ’
• ‘ Over ’ and ‘ more than ’
• Percentage increases
• ‘ That ’ and ‘ which ’
• ‘ That ’ and ‘ who ’
• ‘ Their ’, ‘ there ’ and ‘ they ’ re ’
• ‘ Who ’ and ‘ whom ’