Common Misused Words
by Janice Seagraves
We’ve all been guilty of this, and it does happen to the best of us. And poor old spell checker can only catch misspelled words, not wrong word choices. So here are some common wrong word usages to be aware of.
Than instead of then
Think instead of thing
Thing instead of think (I do this one a lot)
He instead of her (something I noticed in a free read)
Can instead of can’t (I do this one if I’m in a hurry)
Mail instead of male (I saw this one in a post just today)
Her instead of his
His instead of this (from a free read)
Pound instead of pond (my editor caught me on this one)
Noise instead of nose (I did this one once, but caught it during editing)
Dose instead of does (I don’t mean the plural of doe, but the singular to do)
There’s more of course. These are just off the top of my head.
Does anyone want to add to the list?
Janice Seagraves, Author 
An excellent start to what could be a VERY long list! Thanks!
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Hi Serena,
After the response on the group I’m beginning to think so.
Janice~
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