COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS—HOMONYMS 65
CONFUSING WORDS QUICK DEFINITION
personal individual
personnel employeesprecede to go before
proceed to continue
proceeds profitsprincipal (adjective) main
principal (noun) person in charge; sum of interest-earning money
principle standardstationary still, not moving
stationery writing materialthan in contrast to
then next in timetheir belonging to them
there in a place
they’re they areweather climate
whether ifwho substitute for he, she, or they
whom substitute for him, her, or them
whose belonging to whom
who’s who isyour belonging to you
you’re you are