Commonly Confused Words

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Construction has a bad __________________ on traffic.

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Effect

Front

Rain and snow also ________________ traffic flow.

Back

Affect

Front

A truck lost __________ load on the freeway.

Back

Its

Front

Four racers ____ in a bobsled during a race.

Back

sit

Front

It is _________ much work for one day.

Back

too

Front

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe worries that the $3.8 billion pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois will threaten its drinking water and destroy sacred ______. — Seattle Times (Nov 1, 2016) Options: cites, sites

Back

sites

Front

“We cannot just _______ in the twenty-first century that hundreds of millions of people are left out.” 
— Nature (Oct 31, 2016)

Back

accept

Front

UAB Hospital, where the injured were treated, declined to release information on them, ______ requests by their families for privacy.
— Washington Times (Nov 1, 2016)

Back

citing

Front

The premium, he said, reflects the average cost of care for an _______ population. 
— New York Times (Oct 29, 2016)

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insured

Front

Angela _________ made dinner before her kids came home.

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already