Words Frequently Confused

Part C

Notes and In-class exercises

Exercise C

• Personal– individual– The manager gave the

customer his personal attention.

• Personnel– a group of people

employed in the same place

– The management added four new employees to the personnel.

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Exercise C

• Principal– head of a school– main or most

important– The principal job of the

principal is to represent the school.

• Principle– rule of conduct– main fact or law– Her principles are very

high.– On what principle did

you base your argument?

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Exercise C

• Quiet– silent, still– To study properly, one

should make sure there is complete quiet.

• Quite– very– Are you quite sure the

studio is soundproof?

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Exercise C

• Shone– past tense of shine– The sun shone in the

sky.

• Shown– revealed or

demonstrated– The movie was shown

after dinner.

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Exercise C

• Stationary– in a fixed position– One of the desks is

movable; the other is stationary.

• Stationery– writing paper– That purple and

perfumed stationery is in bad taste.

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Exercise C

• Than– a conjunction used

for comparisons– She is smarter than I

am.

• Then– at that time– next– We swam for an hour;

then we went home.– They didn’t know me

then.

Exercise C

• Their– possessive of they– Their new apartment

has a view of the river.

• There– a place– an expletive or place

holder– There are three rats

over there.• They’re

- they are- They’re singing off key.

He doesn’t understand any of the (principals, principles) of physics.

Exercise C, #1

The sun (shone, shown) all day.

Exercise C, #2

The rabbit suddenly stopped and remained (stationery, stationary) for a few minutes.

Exercise C, #3

He acts much older (than, then) he really is.

Exercise C, #4

She spoke in a (quite, quiet) voice which was (quite, quiet) different than her usual noisy chatter.

Exercise C, #5

You ask too many (personnel, personal) questions.

Exercise C, #6

A collection of his paintings was (shone, shown) to the public last week.

Exercise C, #7

You should never bother the animals when (their, they’re, there) eating.

Exercise C, #8

In school we study the (principals, principles) on which our country was founded.

Exercise C, #9

(Quite, Quiet) soon after the strange uproar, all became (quite, quiet) again.

Exercise C, #10

The bookstore is having a big sale on (stationery, stationary).

Exercise C, #11

We are going to (there, their, they’re) house.

Exercise C, #12

All the (personal, personnel) in the store received a bonus at Christmas.

Exercise C, #13

If you see the (principle, principal) in the hall, tell her she is wanted in the main office.

Exercise C, #14

I don’t care what (their, they’re, there) parents let them do; you’re not going to the rap concert.

Exercise C, #15