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Paste and paced are two English words that can easily confuse learners because they sound exactly the same in standard English. If you hear…

Rumor and roomer look and sound similar enough to confuse English learners, but they refer to completely different things. The confusion…

“It’s called” and “it called” look almost identical, but they do very different jobs in English. For learners, the confusion usually comes…

Why does the verb change in the second sentence? And why do we say “Does he play?” instead of “Does he plays?” These questions are important…

State and status are two common English words that look closely related, and in some situations they can seem to describe the same thing. That…

English learners often hesitate between “copy on an email” and “copy in an email.” The confusion is understandable because both on and in are…

Slack and slake look almost like the same word. They share several letters, they come from related historical roots, and both can appear as…

Have you ever wanted to tell someone to answer your message and wondered whether you should say “reply me” or “reply to me”? You are not…

Day off and off day look almost the same, so it is easy to mix them up. Both expressions use the words day and off, but they do not usually…

Ware and wear sound exactly the same when we say them aloud, but they have very different meanings. This is why many English learners mix them…