After reviewing two pages of commonly misused words: effect/affect, accept/except, there/their/they're, etc., learners must choose the proper word in ten different sentences. Note: Answers are listed at the bottom of page three.

Check this brief explanation of how to tell the difference between lay, a transitive verb, and lie an intransitive verb, and use them properly in English grammar.

Certain word pairs present problems for many speakers and writers such as amount versus number, continuous versus continually, and so on. This three-part article identifies problematic word pairs and clarifies their proper use.

This is the second in three articles that demonstrates such confusing word pairs as "continuous," which means unbroken, and "continually," which describes something that occurs repeatedly over a period of time.

Read the definitions and examples of commonly confused homophones "dew" and "due."