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Posted: July 18, 2005, 09:37:06 AM
Confusing Words (Good Housekeeping Site of the Day)<br><br>Confusing Words is a twist on the usual word/dictionary sites. Do you know the difference between affect and effect? How about affluent and effluent? If you ever have questions along these lines, mark Confusing Words for reference. This site is a collection of '3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers.' Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. Browsing this site will affect (influence) your word usage, or is it effect (make it happen)? Answer: "Most often affect is used as a verb and effect is used as a noun. Something that affects you will have an effect on you."<br><br>http://www.confusingwords.com/<br><br>[i]I presume that it would also cover "its" versus "it's", "their" versus "they're" versus "there", ...[/i]<br><br>Robert M.