Bartleby.com: Strunk's Elements of Style: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

After reviewing two pages of commonly misused words: effect/affect, accept/except, there/their/they're, etc., learners must choose the proper word in ten different sentences. Note: Answers are listed at the bottom of page three.

You bathe in a bath, and you might advise someone by giving advice, but how do you tell the difference between these commonly misused words? This page provides 10 sets of words that sound or look similar, but have different meanings....

Affect or effect? Ensure, insure or assure? Here’s a presentation that focuses on commonly misused words that sound similar yet have different spelling and meanings. The homonyms are defined and then examples are presented. Consider...

This video lesson focuses on commonly misused words by offering tips to avoid misusing words, It also provides a list of 14 commonly misused words with their correct and incorrect meanings: ambivalent, aggravate, anxious, continuous,...

This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words; it offers a slide show with lists of misused words and their meanings, as well as, common mistakes and how to avoid them. It also offers a video with similar information, but with an audio...

This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words with a variety of media. It offers a YouTube video, "Using the Correct Words;" an infographic which lists 8 commonly misused word sets in comic format; a slide show with tips for the...

This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words such as homophones and homonyms; it provides a video and two slideshows. The YouTube video shows humorous misrepresentatations of words. The first of the two slideshows defines terms and...

This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words, their meanings and hints to remember the correct usage.

Bartleby.com's online version of William Strunk, Jr.'s classic reference book, "The Elements of Style."

This tutorial focuses on often misused words using a multimedia approach. It begins with a short YouTube video discussing effect/affect; then provides an infographic which shows 8 commonly misused word sets in a comic format. It also...