Writing Help-Group For Everyone discussion

There are lots of confusable words in the English language.It can be really easy to mix them up if you're not careful.Although they sound alike they mean completely different things.

Here's some examples.
Word 1
Meaning
Word 2
Meaning
accept
to agree to receive or do
except
not including
adverse
unfavourable, harmful
averse
strongly disliking; opposed
advice
recommendations about what to do
advise
to recommend something
affect
to change or make a difference to
effect
a result; to bring about a result
aisle
a passage between rows of seats
isle
an island
all together
all in one place, all at once
altogether
completely; on the whole
along
moving or extending horizontally on
a long
referring to something of great length
aloud
out loud
allowed
permitted
altar
a sacred table in a church
alter
to change
amoral
not concerned with right or wrong
immoral
not following accepted moral standards
appraise
to assess
apprise
to inform someone
assent
agreement, approval
ascent
the action of rising or climbing up
aural
relating to the ears or hearing
oral
relating to the mouth; spoken

It amazes me the amount of times people get your and you'res mixed up or There,their and They're ,where,we're,were and wear.
I'm reading A book right now and have seen a vast amount of mistakes with confusable words.
I can only think this author edited,proofread and published it himself.
Editors and proofreaders get paid for this job and I think I have a really good chance of being one myself because I think I could do a better job than a lot of them.

Brake instead of break and ares instead of ours are amongst some of the bad grammar in this book.

I use to always screw up as and has smh, OH and then and than.

Effect and Affect - Guilty, I mix them up too at times.

Not everyone's perfect Nate,but I think before a books published it should be checked properly.

Agreed, plus you are less likely to catch your own mistakes. That's why after this final revision I want to look into how much a professional proofreader/editor will run.

I've been editing what I've written so far,it's so easy to miss things.
I've gone back and forth so many times.I don't want my book to go out until it's perfect.I know an author who has offered to proofread for me free for my first book as I promoted his books on Goodreads when he was new.
David is from the U.K.
I'm going to take a proof reading course soon myself,hopefully I'll be able to perfect my next book myself.

Then and than are very VERY common mistakes. But I'll tell one thing: There are many editors out there that do NOT do a good job, as Princess said. I look inside books all the time that were supposedly edited only to find glaring mistakes in them.

Since and sense

It seems more common to find mistakes in ebooks than a traditional printed version.

Hopefully I'll find a repitable company or person cus I'd be embarrassed if my book that ppl pay for had a ton of mistakes in it.

♕ ❤ ♕ Princess pink diamonds posh bird LINZY.x.♕ ❤ ♕ wrote: "It amazes me the amount of times people get your and you'res mixed up or There,their and They're ,where,we're,were and wear.
I'm reading A book right now and have seen a vast amount of mistakes wi..."

If it were me, I would just take a pen and correct it all. Regardless of if it's a library book or not. That sounds appalling! D: (Or, get sticky-notes and write the correct word onto the notes, and stick them about the incorrect word.)

Anyway, I make the mistake of sometimes getting my "To" and "Too" mixed up, unfortunately. But, when I realize, I correct it straight away.

Whatever: I break easily wrote: "Since and sense"

OMG SAME!!!

I always go to write

sinse and sence.

both of course, which are wrong. >.<

sinse??

since and sense are the correct spellings but I get them mixed up with those two! ^

Oh, that makes sense now. :)