CHAPTER 11 Correct Word Usage^249
chute (shaft, tube), shoot (fi re a weapon)
cite (quote), sight (view, vision), site (location)
coarse (rough), course (route)
council (board), counsel (advise)
currant (small dried grape), current (existing now)
dear (beloved, prized), deer (animal with antlers)
dew (water droplets), do (act, see to), due (owing)
die (stop living), dye (coloring)
disc (in computer science, another spelling of disk, or recording), disk (part
between bones of the spine)
discreet (tactful), discrete (completely separate)
discussed (talked over), disgust (revulsion)
doe (deer), dough (mixture of fl our and water; money)
ewe (female sheep), you (person being addressed)
feat (achievement), feet (part of the legs)
fi nd (discover something), fi ned (punished by imposing a payment)
fi r (evergreen), fur (animal hair)
fl ea (bug), fl ee (run away)
fl ew (past tense of fl y), fl u (infl uenza), fl ue (smoke or heat outlet)
for (preposition meaning “in favor of”), four (4), fore (front)
foul (unclean, unpleasant), fowl (chicken)
knew (past tense of know), new (recently made, recently discovered)
grate (bars in front of fi re; make into small pieces), great (large in number;
important)
heal (make well), heel (back of foot), he’ll (he will)
heard (past tense of hear), herd (a large group of animals)
higher (above something else), hire (give somebody work)
hoarse (harsh, grating voice), horse (four-legged animal)
hole (opening, cavity), whole (undivided, complete)
hour (60 minutes), our (belonging to us)
idle (not working or in use), idol (object of worship)
incite (provoke), insight (clear perception)