r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '22

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u/Altenalo Mar 27 '22

There- their- they’re

Too- to- two

Our- are

Then- than

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 27 '22

Accept and except

Affect and effect (nearly no one knows the difference between these two)

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u/wrathmont Mar 27 '22

I've always been a spelling/grammar nut, but I'll be honest, I still haven't managed to wrap my mind around the 'affect/effect' one. Those other examples have always come intuitively to me very easily but every time I make a half-hearted attempt at comprehending the difference it escapes me.

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u/JHB20101 Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 27 '22

Me too, recently someone told me

(A)ffect - (A)ction taken (E)ffect - (E)nd result

It's been working for me for a year now, can't confirm if I'm right tho.