Common Errors

• accommodate (two c’s, two m’s)
• adviser (AP Style prefers the “e” from the “o” form)
• afterward (no “s” at the end)
• all ready (everyone is prepared; all are ready) and already (completed action)
• altar (table in church) and alter (modify)
• amid (has no “st” at the end)
• among (has no “st” at the end)
• busing (transporting by bus) and bussing (osculating, i.e. kissing)
• calendar
• canceled, cancellation (these are AP’s preferences)
• Caribbean
• cemetery (the vowels are “e’s”)
• embarrass (two “r’s” and two “s’s”)
• harass (only one “r”)
• homicide (not homocide)
• indiscreet (meaning imprudent)
• indiscrete (meaning not separated into parts)
• judgment (there is no “judge” in judgment)
• knowledge
• livable
• Marshall, marshal, martial (a person’s name, a military rank, and an adjective meaning military)
• nuclear
• officeholder (one word)
• privilege (no “d”)