COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS

These interactive quizzes for commonly confused words can help you avoid errors students sometimes make in academic and journalistic writing.

STARTERS

Test your understanding of the following words when you take the quiz for part 1.

    -- affect vs. effect
    -- compliment vs. complement
    -- complimentary vs. complementary
    -- everyday vs. every day
    -- ensure vs. insure
    -- farther vs. further

Test your understanding of the following words when you take the quiz for part 2.

    -- its, it's and their
    -- lead vs. led
    -- faze vs. phase
    -- principal vs. principle
    -- sight, site and cite
    -- stationary vs. stationery

Test your understanding of the following words when you take the quiz for part 3.

    -- there, they're, their and its
    -- then vs. than
    -- to, too and two
    -- whose vs. who's
    -- woman vs. women
    -- your vs. you're

Test your understanding of the following words when you take the quiz for part 4.

    -- advice vs. advise
    -- among vs. between
    -- bare vs. bear
    -- capital vs. capitol
    -- imply vs. infer
    -- of vs. have
    -- wave vs. waive

FEEDBACK

We plan to continue adding and editing quizzes. Please email your feedback and suggestions to Dave Bostwick at gsp@uark.edu.