The infographic below from GrammarCheck.com is a fantastic reminder of commonly misused words.
They did miss one. I have to pause every time before I write “affect” or “effect.” Vocabulary.com reads, “Most of the time, you’ll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using “impact” as a verb instead. Don’t be one of them! Another trick is to remember that affect comes first alphabetically, and an action (to affect) has to occur before you can have a result (an effect).”
Another I see misused is “advise” vs. “advice.” Dictionary.com reads, “Advise is a verb meaning “to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following.” Advice is a noun meaning “an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.”
By the way, “advized” is not a word!
Do you have any you can add to this list? Feel free to join the fray in the comments section below.
Source: www.grammarcheck.net
