COMMONLY MISSPELLED OR MISUSED  
2		(to,too,two)		(number 2 after 1)
abbreviate	(not abreviate)		(a shortened form of something)
abel		(able)			(name of person)
ability
able		(abel)			(able to work)
adapt
adequate				(enough or sufficient)
adept					(highly skilled)
affects	affected			(to be altered - to affect the way it works)
antidote				(remedy to conteract a poison
anxiety					(eager desire or to worry about something)
anxious					(having a difficult time waiting, nervous)
appropriate
are		(our)			(we are going now)(sounds like "R")
arena
arrive
assimilate
assist ant ance
associate
assumption	assume			(guess or conclude from surrounding info) 
assure
ate		(eat/eight)		(we ate our food, past tense of eat)
authorized				(to have permission or approval)
aware					(to be aware of surroundings)
bare		(bear)			(to be naked or close/barely)
be able		(not beable)		being
bear		(bare)			(animal)
being		be
brake		(break)			(to stop something, to put the brakes on)
break		(brake)			(the glass container will break if you drop it)
breath		breathe
but		(butt)			(I pushed but it would not move)
butt		(but)			(your ass butthead)
buy		(by,bye)		(to purchase)
by		(buy,bye)		(written by himself)
bye		(by,buy)		(acknowledging your exit)
cause		caused 	causing
cents		(sense, since)		(this cost only a few cents)
close		(clothes)		(to close the door)
clothes		(close)			(cloth/clothing you wear like pants)
consensus				(opinion help by all)
consist		consistent	consistency	
conspicuous				(easy to see)
consolidate				(to combine into one)
construe				(to interpret or explain)
consume					(to use up)
contemporary
context					(determine its meaning)
contiguous				(no interuptions)
continue				(to keep going or moving)
dealt
decent		(descent)		(fare, proper or fitting)
derive					(to conclude or deduce, to get from a source)
descent		(decent)		(to lower or go down)
desert		(dessert)		(sand dunes, to abandon)
designate				(assign to)
desire					(to want something)
despise					(to dislike something)
dessert		(desert)		(dessert two ss'es like strawberry shortcake)
dew		(due/do)		(mist from condensation)
difficulty	(not dificulty)		(level of toughness)
discuss
do		(dew/due)		(to do something) doing
doorbell/man/mat/step/way
due		(dew/do)		(amount due)
eat		(ate)			(to eat your food - present tense)
effects		effective		(to be productive)
eight		(ate/8)			(unit of measure i.e. 8)
either		(not ether)
emulate
enough					(sufficient,adequate)
envelop		(envelope)		(to cover, window)
envelope	(envelop)		(mail or letter envelope)
enviable
envision	vision
envy
essential				(only what is necessary)
esteem					(respect)
estimate	(not estamate)		(project, guess cost or time etc.)
exasperate
expand
expensive
eye		(I)			(eyeball)			
facetious				(joking wittingly at an inappropriate time)
fair		(fare)			(going to the county fairgrounds)
fare		(fair)			(equal, decent, up to par)
fictitious				(made up, imaginary)
goof					(mistake, blunder, waste time or be stupid)
handle		(not handel)
here		(hear)			(come here and sit down)
hear		(here)			(to hear a sound)
hi		(high)			(to greet someone same as hello)
high		(hi)			(altitude, elevation, stoned)
hindsight
hole		(whole)			(do not fall into the hole in the ground)
honey		(not hunny)		(syrup made by bee’s from flower nectar)
hour		(our)(are)		(time measurement)
I		(eye)				
ID					(proof of something)
ignorant	(not egnorant)
immediately
inconvenience
infamous				(bad reputation, notorious)
infect 	infected			(to be contaminated)
interpret				(to translate)
knead		(need,kneed)		(to knead dough for making bread)
kneed		(need,knead)		(to hit something with your knee)
knew		(new)			(past tense of know)
know		(no)			(to have knowledge of)
knowledge
maybe		(may be)
may be		(maybe)
mean					(
meant					(past tense of mean)
meat		(meet/met)		(meat from an animal)
medial					(ordinary, middle of the road)
mediate					(to settle differences between two people)
mediocre				(average, fare)
medium					(surrounding substance or environment)
meet		(meat/met)		(to meet someone for lunch or sport)
met		(meat/meet)		(to have just met someone)(past tense of meet)
miscontrue				(to interpret wrongly)
model		(not modle)
necessary	(not neccessary)		
need		(knead,kneed)		(to crave or need something)
new 		(knew)			(first time, different)
no		(know)			(to decline, not want)
nor					(here nor there)
now		(know)			(come here now - at this time)
occasional
occupation	occupant
OK		(not okay/ok)		(all right)
one		(won/1)			(to have one item)
origin	original			ally/ate/ality
our		(hour)(are)		(shows possession, our car, sounds like hour) 
overlooked
peace		(piece)			(not at war, peace and quite)
personal	(personnel)		(pertaining to yourself - personally)
personnel	(personal)		(employees)
pertaining
piece		(peace)			(a part or fraction of something - not whole)
proliferate
processing
progress
progressive
quiet		(quit/quite)		(to be silent or low sound)
quit		(quiet/quite)		(to stop)
quite		(quiet/quit)		(really, positvely, fairly, more than a few) 
read		(red/reed)		(to read a book)
real		(reel)			(it is the real 
red		(read/reed)		(color red)
reel		(real)			(a round spool or wheel)
reed		(read/red)		(a thin piece of metal or wood which opens and 							closes as a valve or vibrates)
relate	related/relating
representative
road		(rode)			(he rode his cycle)
rode		(road)			(the road to work)
sarcastic	sarcasm			(ironic and taunting remarks)
sat		(set/sit)		(he sat down - past tense)
schlong					new word in next Webster release invented by cdub
scrutinize	scrutinizing		(looking at details)
sea		(see)			(to see with your eyes)
see		(sea)			(the ocean)
sense		(since, cents)		(this does not make any "sense" to me)
set		(sat/sit)		(to set something down or up)
shore		(sure)			(ocean beach, to brace or reinforce)
sight		(site)			(vision, eye sight)
similar		(not simular)		(almost the same)
simply	simplify	simplicate
simultaneous
simulate	(not similate)
since		(sense, cents)		(have not see her since last week)
sit		(sat/set)		(to sit down - present tense)
site		(sight)			(place)
somebody - someday - somehow - something - sometimes - someway - somewhat - somewhere
special
specific
sufficient				(enough or adequate)
sure		(shore)			(to be sure of oneself, confident)
sweat		(sweet)			(sweat from working in the hot sun)
sweet		(sweat)			(sweet like honey)
tenacity	tenacious		(to be unstopable)
their		(there)			(it is theirs - shows possession)
there 		(their)			(go over there)
thereabout - thereafter - thereby - therefor - therefore - therein - thereof - thereon - thereto - thereupon 
thou		(though)(not thow)	(poetic or religious use)
though		(thou, not thow)	(I can't though I want to)
through		(thru/throw)		(go through the tunnel)
throw		(through/thru)		(to throw a baseball)
thru		(through)		(shortened spelling of through)
tough		(tuff)			(strong)
to		(2,too,two)		(I'm going to my house)
too		(2,to,two)		(adverb, i.e. your too tall)(helps describe verb)
traditional
try		trying
tuff		(tough)			??????????? is it a real word	
two		(2,to,too)		(proper written form of number 2)
unbelievable
upon		(not apon)
use
usage		(not useage)
vary		(very)	varying	varies	variation
very		(vary)
wait		(weight)		(to wait for time or someone)
weight		(wait)			(how many pounds does that box weigh)
wake	awaken	awoke	waking
want
wanton					(playful, reckless, ignoring justice etc.)
ware		(wear/were/where)	(anything for sale)
wear		(ware/were/where)	(to use up wear out, to wear clothes) 
weather		(whether)		(very good weather with sunshine all day)
whether		(weather)		(we are going whether or not it's late)
were		(ware/wear/where)	(we were in our house, past tense of be)
whatever
where		(ware,wear,were)	(where are my car keys, in or at some place)
who					(what or which person)
whoever					
whole		(hole)			(unit of measure i.e. I ate the whole thing)
whom					(objective case of who)
whose					(whose is this?, belonging to plural)
who		whom			whose(plural)
within
won		(one/1)			(to win a game)

CONTRACTIONS
can't		can not				they	
couldn't	could not			they'd		they would
didn't		did not				they'll		they will
doesn't		does not			they're		they are
don't		do not				they've		they have
haven't		have not			we'll		we will
here's		here is				we're		we are
I'd		I had, 				weren't		were not
I'll		I will				what's		what is
I'm		I am				who'll		who will
isn't		is not				who's		who is
it's		it is				won't		will not
I've		I have				wouldn't	would not
shouldn't	should not			you'd		you would
that's		that is				you're		you are
there's		there is			you've		you have

RULES:
1) Place the apostrophe in place of the missing characters from the second word.
2) Odds are that it is a contraction if you can make two out of it and still    
   retain its same meaning.
3) Contractions all have an apostrophe.
4) Contractions beginning with "I" are capitalized only if the first word in 
   contraction was I.

RULES OF THUMB
1) "I" before "E" except when after "C"
2) Odds are "it's" is a contraction if you can make "it is" out of it  
   use "'" apostrophe for contractions 
   do not us apostrophe if you are showing ownership
   (i.e. this brace is its only source of support or its mouse is broken)
3) With contractions you place the apostrophe
   A) in place of the missing character   
   B) from the second word. (i.e. - can not = can't) Thou not the clearest example it  
   shows both rules at once.
4) Do not put a space before a ? ,!, or ,. Question marks and exclamations   
   replace periods so consider them used as a period in placement.
5) AN - use before a vowel
   A  - use before a consonant
6) Then - 
   Than - 
7) Quotes
1) He said, "you can kiss off."  (note period is withint quotes when 
					sentence ends with quotes)
2) She said "you can count me in" and they continued on!
3) "xxx xxxx 'xxxx' xx xx"  use when quoting within a quote

CAPITALIZATION'S Names of people, place or thing (buildings, parks etc.) 
	cities, states, countries (and their abbreviations), 
	days of the week, months and titles (books etc.)

PREFIXES  un, non(nonabrasive/absorbant/believer), pre, 

WORD SUFFIXES  
ability(expandability), able(personable), ality(personality), ally(personally), ed(gathered)past tense, ies(varies), ify(specify), ing(varying), ful, ly, less,  sion(expansion), sive(expansive), tion(revolution), r(handler), te/icate(replicate)?? iness(happiness,sleepiness)
tie/tied/tying give/giving vary/varying  -  handle/handles/handled/handling

When do you add ????  (tion - i.e. revolution) (sion i.e. expansion)

PLURALS - s, 's, es, ies, ves, or nothing(different word) en??? 
cloth		clothes
day		day's/days???	
leaf		leaves	(see below #3)
pants		(see below #4)	
it		its	(exception to rule, this shows possession but no apostrophe)
that		those	(different word altogether)
who		whose
there		there's	(this is a contraction only there is no plural form)
their		theirs	(exception to rule, this shows possession but no apostrophe)
vary		varies	(see below #4)
wolf		wolves	(see below #3)
Chuck		Chuck's	(shows possession, use an apostrophe)
Wilhelm	The wilhelm's	(shows possession, use apostrophe)

1) Plural words will have "'s" added to them if they are showing possession. 
   Rare exceptions are "its and theirs" with out apostrophe. 
2) Words ending with consonant add "s", if not showing possession.
3) Words ending with "f". Drop the "f" and add "ves", (i.e. wolf = wolves)
4) Words ending in "y". Drop the "y" and add "es" (i.e. vary = varies)
     "     "	 " "y".	Drop the "y" and add "iness", (i.e. happiness)
5) Words ending in "h", add "es" (i.e. clothes, switches)
       Is there a general rule for adding "es", like word ending in consonant 
6) Words ending with "e", add "s"
7) Words ending with "x", add "es"  (D,K,N,R,T)????????

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Past and Present Tenses
NOUNS	- person, place or thing
PRONOUN	- he, she, it, them, they, their, her, his, 
VERBS	- shows action  (i.e. - I'm going slowly)
ADVERB	- describes verb (i.e. - Your too tall) (too is adverb, tall is verb)
ADJECTIVE - describes verbs action (i.e. - I'm going slowly)
CONSONANT- all non vowel letters of the alphabet
VOWELS 	- a, e, i, o, u and sometimes Y
SYLLABLES  
SOUNDS	- ph - tch - ch - gh - th - 
ANTONYM two words with opposite meanings
SYNONYM different words with similar meaning (i.e. - fast, brisk)
HOMONYM different words sounding similar (i.e. - red, read)
THESAURUS a book of synonyms and antonyms
OXYMORON a phrase containing two words with opposite meanings  
         (i.e. - it is the least most important)
ANALOGY - example by comparison 
METAPHOR - does not use "like" or "as" (i.e. ???)
SIMILE - using "like" or "as"
	(i.e.	like two ships which pass in the night, built like a brick doo house)

MISCELLANEOUS
he, him, his	she, her, hers	we, us, ours	we are, you are
blah - yuk - whoa
come coming	late lately	re-install 	really


SYMBOLS
~	tilde			(shift `)
`	grave accent
!	exclamation		(shift 1)
@	at			(shift 2)
#	pound			(shift 3)
$	dollar 			(shift 4)
%	percent			(shift 5)
^	caret			(shift 6)
&	ampersand		(shift 7)
*	asterisk		(shift 8)
(	open paren		(shift 9)
)	close paren		(shift 0)
-	dash/minus/hyphen   		(used to break a word between two
 				 	      syllables or as a minus sign)
_	underscore		(shift -)   
=	equals		
+	plus			(shift =)
\	back slash	
|	pipe			(shift \)
[	open bracket
]	close bracket
{				(shift [ open bracket)
}				(shift ] close bracket)
;	semicolon
:	colon			(shift ; semicolon)
'	apostrophe/single quote (used when quoting within a quote, contraction, plural)
"	quote			(shift ' apostrophe)
,	comma
.	period
<	less than		(shift , comma)
>	greater than		(shift . period)
/	forward slash
?	question mark		(shift / question mark)
...	ellipsis		(use (3) periods) 
--				(typesetting will use a long hyphen (two dashes) 				to show someone's speech being cutoff) 

NOTES: What symbols can be used to end of sentence? (!,?,.,...)