Easily Confused Words List 3 YourYoure Your shows

Easily Confused Words List 3

Your/You’re • Your: shows possession or ownership over something “This is your car. " • You’re: Short for YOU ARE “You’re in big trouble. ”

Wright/Rite/Write • Wright: A person who builds or composes things “He is a famous playwright. ” • Rite: A formal religious ceremony “He experienced his baptismal rite today. ” • Write: To mark or form letters; to compose an essay “Our teacher made us write the entire class period. ” • Right: All other uses “Turn right at the next light. ” “I don’t know if this answer is right. ”

Quiet/Quite/Quit • Quiet: Noun or verb: silence or to silence. “They slept in the quiet all afternoon. ” “She needed to quiet the children. ” • Quite: adverb, truly or considerably “I am quite certain I know the answer to 15. ” • Quit: Verb, to stop “I need to quit talking to him. ”

Allot/A Lot • Allot: To divide or assign “I allotted 10 Reese’s Pieces to each of my friends. ” • A Lot: a large quantity of something “I have a lot of Reese’s Pieces to give away. ”

Councilor/Counselor/Council/ Counsel • Councilor: a person on a council “The councilor had many big decisions to make that day. ” • Counselor: someone who gives advice “I saw my counselor, and she said I should think about being a doctor someday. ” • Council: a committee that is elected to lead “The council had a big vote coming up. ” • Counsel: Advice “The counsel I’d give you would be to stay away from him. ”

Descent/Descend • Descent: Noun, To go downwards. “We started our descent from the top of the building to the first floor. ” • Decent: civilized, good “He’s a decent person. ” • Descend: Verb, to go downwards “We descended five flights of stairs. ”

Principal/Principle • Principal: main or a leader of a school “Our principal complaint is that the food is disgusting. ” “The principal congratulated us for our good grades. ” • Principle: rules, beliefs, or way of acting “I have strong principles that guide my decisions. ”