Commonly Confused Words

She worked harder ____ she had ever worked before.

• than

• then

The program changes will not ____ you.

• effect

• affect

What is your ____ reason for wearing a parrot on your head?

• principle

• principal

Last year Beckham ____ the soccer league in goals.

• lead

• led

Get your facts first, and ____ you can distort them as much as you please.

• than

• then

What ____ did the plant's closing have on the economy?

• effect

• affect

Although the recording device was primitive, ____ voice came across clearly.

• you're

• your

I was alert after the collision, but ____ frightened ____ move.

• to, too

• too, to

• too, too

• to, to

Following the ice storms, ____ may be a plague of locusts and a swarm of frogs.

• their

• there

• they're

_____ possible that he wrote the appointment down incorrectly.

• it's

• its