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  • July 29, 2018 at 10:30 am #50297
    Jill MalcolmJill Malcolm
    Participant

    Do you know the difference in meaning?

    altar   alter

    continually    continuously

    seam              seem

    older              elder

    July 31, 2018 at 8:43 pm #50433
    Kathy SwailesKathy Swailes
    Participant

    Or a couple that came up recently in some of my editing:

    capital capitol

    principal principle

    August 2, 2018 at 2:57 pm #50556
    Jill MalcolmJill Malcolm
    Participant

    Thanks Kathy

     

    August 3, 2018 at 12:28 pm #50598
    Kathy SwailesKathy Swailes
    Participant

    Hi Jill,

    I’m going to send some of the PAE students to this forum. Your tips and quick quizzes would be fun and useful to some of them too. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

    August 7, 2018 at 6:54 pm #50746
    Rebecca LivingstonRebecca Livingston
    Participant

    I came across these two in my day job:

    affect           effect

    Rebecca (a PAE student) encouraged by Kathy to visit – I hope that’s okay.

    August 11, 2018 at 1:28 pm #50840
    Jill MalcolmJill Malcolm
    Participant

    Good thinking. Thank you Rebecca

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