1. Words Commonly Confused
“Don’t gobblefunk around with words.” - Roald Dahl, The BFG

2. WCC S2: Week #1

3. Quiet vs. Quit vs. Quite Quiet Quit Verb To depart from; leave Quite
Adjective
Making little or no noise
free of noise; hushed
Quit
Verb
To depart from; leave
Quite
Adverb
To the greatest extent
Actually; really
Example Sentence: I was quite quiet when my mother told me that she planned to quit her job.

4. Sit vs. Set Sit Verb Top put the body in a seated position Set Verb
To place
Example Sentence: How can you sit there and watch me set all of the chairs up by myself?

5. WCC S2: Week #2

6. Sight vs. Cite vs. Site Sight Cite Verb To quote; to summon Site
Noun
Act of seeing
Cite
Verb
To quote; to summon
Site
Noun
Location or position
Example Sentence: The student was cited for not citing his sources, including his internet sites; the discussion with the teacher was quite a sight!

7. Than vs. Then Than Conjunction
Used to compare a second element; used when comparing more than one
Then
Adverb
Next in time; at that time
Example Sentence: It was then I realized that I couldn’t remember if my mom preferred blueberries rather than strawberries for her lunch.

8. WCC S2: Week #3

9. Their vs. There vs. They’re
Adjective
Possessive form of the word, they
There
Adverb
At or in that place; in that manner
They’re
Contraction
A combination of they and are
Example Sentence: As I bump into the kids over there, I look at their outfits and decide that they’re going to the dance.

10. Through vs. Threw Through Preposition From beginning to end Threw
Verb (Past Tense)
To Throw
Example Sentence: Through seven innings, Joe threw just seven hits.

11. WCC S2: Week #4

12. To vs. Too vs. Two To Too Adjective In addition; also Two
Preposition
In a direction toward so as to reach; used to indicate possession; toward a given state.
Too
Adjective
In addition; also
Two
Noun; Adjective
The number equal to the sum of 1+1
Example Sentence: I too wanted to go with the two of them, but they said I’d be a third wheel.

13. WCC S2: Week #5

14. Whether vs. Weather Weather Noun
The state of the atmosphere that include variables like temperature, moisture, barometric pressure, etc.
Whether
Conjunction
Used to introduce alternative possibilities
Example Sentence: Did you discover whether the weather was going to be warm or chilly?

15. Which vs. That Which Pronoun Distinguishes which particular one(s)
Never refers to people
That
Pronoun
Refers to anmials, people, or nonliving things
Example Sentence: Which of those books that you read isn’t about zombies?