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Easily confused words, a redirect to this page, has been nominated at RfD. In the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 1#Easily confused words it has been suggested that this page ( Wikipedia:List of commonly misused English words) be moved to articlespace. You are invited to comment in the linked discussion. Thryduulf ( talk) 18:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I've removed a number of entries that lacked citations and whose presence was not justified by common sense. Long-term, of course, "common sense" is not a good citation, but for now at least it was a good place to start. If anyone would like to "rescue" any of the sources I removed, please take a look at the diff, and at my edit summaries in the page history. Thanks. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 23:16, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
The number of people who refer to “breaks” and “peddles” is almost enough to drive one to drink. Mr Larrington ( talk) 18:13, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Are prosecute and persecute another pair of commonly misused words? Windywendi ( talk) 00:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Nohat: In my experience, lay and laid are two of the most misused words in English, as much as or not far behind its-it's, there-their-they're, and lead-led. This article, I believe, is their most appropriate location. I'm not aware of lie-lay-laid as disputed, only as misunderstood. The Disputed article does not mention any controversy about lie-lay-laid; it simply provides the correct definitions. If you feel duplicating them there and here is harmful, I urge that the words be removed from the Disputed article and included only in this article, where they much more closely fulfill the premise of the article title. DonFB ( talk) 00:01, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
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Easily confused words, a redirect to this page, has been nominated at RfD. In the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 1#Easily confused words it has been suggested that this page ( Wikipedia:List of commonly misused English words) be moved to articlespace. You are invited to comment in the linked discussion. Thryduulf ( talk) 18:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
I've removed a number of entries that lacked citations and whose presence was not justified by common sense. Long-term, of course, "common sense" is not a good citation, but for now at least it was a good place to start. If anyone would like to "rescue" any of the sources I removed, please take a look at the diff, and at my edit summaries in the page history. Thanks. -- Tamzin cetacean needed (she/they) 23:16, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
The number of people who refer to “breaks” and “peddles” is almost enough to drive one to drink. Mr Larrington ( talk) 18:13, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Are prosecute and persecute another pair of commonly misused words? Windywendi ( talk) 00:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Nohat: In my experience, lay and laid are two of the most misused words in English, as much as or not far behind its-it's, there-their-they're, and lead-led. This article, I believe, is their most appropriate location. I'm not aware of lie-lay-laid as disputed, only as misunderstood. The Disputed article does not mention any controversy about lie-lay-laid; it simply provides the correct definitions. If you feel duplicating them there and here is harmful, I urge that the words be removed from the Disputed article and included only in this article, where they much more closely fulfill the premise of the article title. DonFB ( talk) 00:01, 5 July 2024 (UTC)