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30 Commonly Confused Words

Accept vs. Except If you accept something you agree to receive or do it. If you except something you exclude it.   Bought vs. Brought Brought is the past tense of bring, while bought is the past tense of buy.   Cereal vs. Serial Cereal is a type of grain (and a type of breakfast food made from grain), while serial refers to something that occurs in sequence.   Desert vs. Dessert Desert can refer to either the act of abandoning someone or something or to an arid stretch of land with little vegetation. A dessert is a sweet course at the end of a meal.   Effect vs. Affect An effect is a consequence. If you affect something you make a differen...

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Commonly Confused Words: Quiet vs. Quite

What does each word mean? As a noun and an adjective, the word quiet describes a lack of noise. As a verb, quiet refers something becoming less loud. Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word. Here is quiet used in some example sentences:   The sea was calm, but he was worried it was quiet before the storm.   The library is usually quiet during the day, but it becomes noisier once school finishes.   She tried to quieten the crying baby. Click here for the Spellzone word lists which include the word quiet. Quite is an adverb that shows the extent or degree to which something is the case. The word has different...

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