Write It Right. A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults

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1. Aims and the Plan
2. The Blacklist
3. A for An
4. Action for Act
5. Admission for Admittance
6. Admit for Confess
7. Adopt
8. Advisedly for Advertently, Intentionally
9. Afford
10. Afraid
11. Afterwards for Afterward
12. Aggravate for Irritate
13. All of
14. Alleged
15. Allow for Permit
16. Allude to for Mention
17. And so, And yet
18. And which, And who
19. Antecedents for Personal History
20. Anticipate for Expect
21. Anxious for Eager
22. Appreciate for Highly Value
23. Approach
24. Appropriated for Took
25. Approve of for Approve
26. Apt for Likely
27. Around for About
28. Article
29. As for That, or If
30. As – as for So – as
31. As for for As to
32. At Auction for by Auction
33. At for By
34. Attain for Accomplish
35. Authoress
36. Avocation for Vocation
37. Avoid for Avert
38. Avoirdupois for Weight
39. Back of for Behind, At the Back of
40. Backwards for Backward
41. Badly for Bad
42. Balance for Remainder
43. Banquet
44. Bar for Bend
45. Because for For
46. Bet for Betted
47. Body for Trunk
48. Bogus for Counterfeit, or False
49. Both
50. Both alike
51. Brainy
52. Bug for Beetle, or for anything
53. Business for Right
54. Build for Make
55. But
56. But what
57. By for Of
58. Calculated for Likely
59. Can for May
60. Candidate for Aspirant
61. Cannot for Can
62. Capable
63. Capacity for Ability
64. Casket for Coffin
65. Casualties for Losses in Battle
66. Chance for Opportunity
67. Chin Whiskers
68. Chivalrous
69. Citizen for Civilian
70. Claim for Affirm
71. Clever for Obliging
72. Climb down
73. Coat for Coating
74. Collateral Descendant
75. Colonel, Judge, Governor, etc ., for Mister
76. Combine for Combination
77. Commence for Begin
78. Commencement for Termination
79. Commit Suicide
80. Compare with for Compare to
81. Complected
82. Conclude for Decide
83. Connection
84. Conscious for Aware
85. Consent for Assent
86. Conservative for Moderate
87. Continually and Continuously
88. Convoy for Escort
89. Couple for Two
90. Created for First Performed
91. Critically for Seriously
92. Criticise for Condemn, or Disparage
93. Cunning for Amusing
94. Curious for Odd, or Singular
95. Custom for Habit
96. Decease for Die
97. Decidedly for Very, or Certainly
98. Declared for Said
99. Defalcation for Default
100. Definitely for Definitively
101. Deliver
102. Demean for Debase or Degrade
103. Demise for Death
104. Democracy for Democratic Party
105. Depot for Station
106. Deprivation for Privation
107. Dilapidated for Ruined
108. Directly for Immediately
109. Dirt for Earth, Soil, or Gravel
110. Distinctly for Distinctively
111. Donate for Give
112. Doubtlessly
113. Dress for Gown
114. Each Other for One Another
115. Edify for Please, or Entertain
116. Electrocution
117. Empty for Vacant
118. Employe
119. Endorse for Approve
120. Endways
121. Entitled for Authorized, Privileged
122. Episode for Occurrence, Event, etc
123. Equally as for Equally
124. Equivalent for Equal
125. Essential for Necessary
126. Even for Exact
127. Every for Entire, Full
128. Every for Ever
129. Ex
130. Example for Problem
131. Excessively for Exceedingly
132. Executed
133. Executive for Secret
134. Expect for Believe, or Suppose
135. Expectorate for Spit
136. Experience for Suffer, or Undergo
137. Extend for Proffer
138. Fail
139. Favor for Resemble
140. Feel of for Feel
141. Feminine for Female
142. Fetch for Bring
143. Finances for Wealth, or Pecuniary Resources
144. Financial for Pecuniary
145. Firstly
146. Fix
147. Forebears for Ancestors
148. Forecasted
149. Former and Latter
150. Funeral Obsequies
151. Fully for Definitively, or Finally
152. Funds for Money
153. Furnish for Provide, or Supply
154. Generally for Usually
155. Gent for Gentleman
156. Genteel
157. Gentleman
158. Genuine for Authentic, or Veritable
159. Given
160. Goatee
161. Got Married for Married
162. Gotten for Got
163. Graduated for Was Graduated
164. Gratuitous for Unwarranted
165. Grueling
166. Gubernatorial
167. Had Better for Would Better
168. Hail for Come
169. Have Got for Have
170. Head over Heels
171. Healthy for Wholesome
172. Helpmeet for Helpmate
173. Hereafter for Henceforth
174. Honeymoon
175. Horseflesh for Horses
176. Humans as a Noun
177. Hung for Hanged
178. Hurry for Haste and Hasten
179. Hurt for Harm
180. Idea for Thought, Purpose, Expectation, etc
181. Identified with
182. Ilk for Kind
183. Illy for Ill
184. Imaginary Line
185. In for Into
186. Inaugurate for Begin, Establish, etc
187. Incumbent for Obligatory
188. Individual
189. Indorse
190. Insane Asylum
191. In Spite of
192. Inside of
193. Insignificant for Trivial, or Small
194. Insoluble for Unsolvable
195. Inst., Prox., Ult.
196. Integrity for Honesty
197. Involve for Entail
198. It for So
199. Item for Brief Article
200. Jackies for Sailors
201. Jeopardize for Imperil, or Endanger
202. Juncture
203. Just Exactly
204. Juvenile for Child
205. Kind of a for Kind of
206. Landed Estate for Property in Land
207. Last and Past
208. Later on
209. Laundry
210. Lay ( to place ) for Lie ( to recline )
211. Leading Question
212. Lease
213. Leave for Go away
214. Leave for Let
215. Lengthways for Lengthwise
216. Lengthy
217. Leniency for Lenity
218. Less for Fewer
219. Limited for Small, Inadequate, etc
220. Liable for Likely
221. Like for As, or As if
222. Likely for Probably
223. Line for Kind, or Class
224. Literally for Figuratively
225. Loan for Lend
226. Locate
227. Lots, or a Lot, for Much, or Many
228. Love for Like
229. Lunch for Luncheon
230. Mad for Angry
231. Maintain for Contend
232. Majority for Plurality
233. Make for Earn
234. Mansion for Dwelling, or House
235. Masculine for Male
236. Mend for Repair
237. Meet for Meeting
238. Militate
239. Mind for Obey
240. Minus for Lacking, or Without
241. Mistaken for Mistake
242. Monarch for King, Emperor, or Sovereign
243. Moneyed for Wealthy
244. Most for Almost
245. Moved for Removed
246. Mutual
247. Name for Title and Name
248. Necessaries for Means
249. Necessities for Necessaries
250. Nee
251. Negotiate
252. Neither – or for Neither – nor
253. New Beginner for Beginner
254. Nice for Good, or Agreeable
255. Noise for Sound
256. None
257. No Use
258. Novel for Romance
259. Numerous for Many
260. Obnoxious for Offensive
261. Occasion for Induce, or Cause
262. Occasional Poems
263. Of Any for Of All
264. Offhanded and Offhandedly
265. On the Street
266. One Another for Each Other
267. Only
268. Opine for Think
269. Opposite for Contrary
270. Or for Nor
271. Ordinarily for Usually
272. Ovation
273. Over for About, In, or Concerning
274. Over for More than
275. Over for On
276. Over with
277. Outside of
278. Pair for Pairs
279. Pants for Trousers
280. Partially for Partly
281. Party for Person
282. Patron for Customer
283. Pay for Give, Make, etc
284. Pay
285. Peek for Peep
286. Peculiar for Odd, or Unusual
287. People for Persons
288. Per
289. Perpetually for Continually
290. Phenomenal for Extraordinary, or Surprising
291. Plead ( pronounced "pled" ) for Pleaded
292. Plenty for Plentiful
293. Poetess
294. Poetry for Verse
295. Point Blank
296. Poisonous for Venomous
297. Politics
298. Possess for Have
299. Practically for Virtually
300. Predicate for Found, or Base
301. Prejudice for Prepossession
302. Preparedness for Readiness
303. Preside
304. Pretend for Profess
305. Preventative for Preventive
306. Previous for Previously
307. Prior to for Before
308. Propose for Purpose, or Intend
309. Proposition for Proposal
310. Proportions for Dimensions
311. Proven for Proved
312. Proverbial for Familiar
313. Quit for Cease, Stop
314. Quite
315. Raise for Bring up, Grow, Breed, etc
316. Real for Really, or Very
317. Realize for Conceive, or Comprehend
318. Recollect for Remember
319. Redeem for Retrieve
320. Redound for Conduce
321. Refused
322. Regular for Natural, or Customary
323. Reliable for Trusty, or Trustworthy
324. Remit for Send
325. Rendition for Interpretation, or Performance
326. Reportorial
327. Repudiate for Deny
328. Reside for Live
329. Residence for Dwelling, or House
330. Respect for Way, or Matter
331. Respective
332. Responsible
333. Restive for Restless
334. Retire for Go to Bed
335. Rev. for The Rev
336. Reverence for Revere
337. Ride for Drive
338. Roomer for Lodger
339. Round for About
340. Ruination for Ruin
341. Run for Manage, or Conduct
342. Say for Voice
343. Scholar for Student, or Pupil
344. Score for Win, Obtain, etc
345. Second-handed for Second-hand
346. Secure for Procure
347. Seldom ever
348. Self-confessed
349. Sensation for Emotion
350. Sense for Smell
351. Set for Sit
352. Settee for Settle
353. Settle for Pay
354. Shades for Shade
355. Show for Chance, or Opportunity
356. Sick for Ill
357. Side for Agree, or Stand
358. Sideburns for Burnsides
359. Side-hill for Hillside
360. Sideways for Sidewise
361. Since for Ago
362. Smart for Bright, or Able
363. Snap for Period ( of time ) or Spell
364. So – as
365. So for True
366. Solemnize
367. Some for Somewhat
368. Soon for Willingly
369. Space for Period
370. Spend for Pass
371. Square for Block
372. Squirt for Spurt
373. Stand and Stand for for Endure
374. Standpoint for Point of View, or Viewpoint
375. State for Say
376. Still Continue
377. Stock
378. Stop for Stay
379. Stunt
380. Subsequent for Later, or Succeeding
381. Substantiate for Prove
382. Success
383. Such Another for Another Such
384. Such for So
385. Suicide
386. Supererogation
387. Sure for Surely
388. Survive for Live, or Persist
389. Sustain for Incur
390. Talented for Gifted
391. Tantamount for Equivalent
392. Tasty for Tasteful
393. Tear Down for Pull Down
394. Than Whom
395. The
396. The Following
397. The Same
398. Then as an Adjective
399. Those Kind for That Kind
400. Though for If
401. Thrifty for Thriving
402. Through for Done
403. To
404. To for At
405. Total
406. Transaction for Action, or Incident
407. Transpire for Occur, Happen, etc
408. Trifling for Trivial
409. Trust for Wealthy Corporation
410. Try an Experiment
411. Try and for Try to
412. Ugly for Ill-natured, Quarrelsome
413. Under-handed and Under-handedly for Under-hand
414. Unique
415. United States as a Singular Noun
416. Unkempt for Disordered, Untidy, etc
417. Use for Treat
418. Utter for Absolute, Entire, etc
419. Various for Several
420. Ventilate for Express, Disclose, etc
421. Verbal for Oral
422. Vest for Waistcoat
423. Vicinity for Vicinage, or Neighborhood
424. View of
425. Vulgar for Immodest, Indecent
426. Way for Away
427. Ways for Way
428. Wed for Wedded
429. Well
430. Wet for Wetted
431. Where for When
432. Which for That
433. Whip for Chastise, or Defeat
434. Whiskers for Beard
435. Who for Whom
436. Whom for Who
437. Widow Woman
438. Will and Shall
439. Win out
440. Win for Won
441. Without for Unless
442. Witness for See
443. Would-be