Printer-friendly version Chapter 3 Introduction Absorb / Adsorb Accept / Except Accurate / Precise Affect / Effect Alot / Allot Alright / All right Alternate / Alternative Among / Between Amount of / Number of And / Or Area / Region / Section As / Like Aspect Assure / Ensure / Insure Between . . . and / From . . . to Bi / Semi Can / Could Cite / Site / Sight Coarse / Course Compared to / Compared with Complement / Compliment Compose / Constitute / Include Comprise Continual / Continuous Different than / Different from Due to the fact that / The reason is because e.g. / i.e. / et al. etc. Fact / Factor Farther / Further Few / Less Former / Latter Imply / Infer In terms of Irregardless It's / Its Lay / Lie Lead / Led May / Might One / You Per Percent / Percentage Perfect / Unique Perspective / Prospective Precede / Proceed / Subsequent Pretty / Quite / Rather / Very Principal / Principle Respective / Respectively That / Which Try and / Try to Will / Would Book traversal links for Chapter 3. Commonly Misused Terms and Phrases ‹ Words that are Commonly Misspelled in Technical Writing Up Chapter 3 Introduction ›