Commonly Misused words:
1. Affect - Effect
have an effect on; make a difference to. - cause (something) to happen; bring about.
2. May - Might
expressing possibility; used to ask for or to give permission - used to tentatively ask permission or express a polite request.
3. Few - Less
a small number of - a smaller amount of; not as much.
4. Cite - Site
refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work. - an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.
5. Among - Between
situated more or less centrally in relation to (several other things). - at, into, or across the space separating (two objects or regions).
6. Accept - Except
consent to receive or undertake (something offered). - not including; other than.
7. Figuratively - Literally
used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically. - in a literal manner or sense; exactly.
8. Farther - Further
at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another). - at, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
9. Alternate - Alternative
every other; every second. - (of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice.