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Confusing Words: Simple and straightforward. Definitions with examples. Great resource for writers!

Confusing Words

Another Resource for Commonly Confused Words from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Commonly Confused Words

"Do You Speak American?" from PBS Grades 9-12. A companion website for the PBS series. Lesson Plans and Activities are suggested for Educators. Track that Word provides information about words in categories like College Slang, Hip Hop, Text Messaging, and Teen/Youth. Words That Shouldn't Be contains some 20th Century entries and explanations for words like "jazz" and "workaholic" and others like "snafu" and "booty."

Do You Speak American