IXL | Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

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question

Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

They're

are

five

branches

the

U.S

Armed

Forces

Army

Navy

Air

Force

Coast

Guard

and

Marine

Corps

key idea

Certain words are often confused with one another. In your writing, you should pay close attention to these words and make sure you are using them correctly.

For example, fewer and less have similar meanings, but you should use them differently. Use fewer to describe things you can count, like pencils. Use less to describe things you can't count, like water.

Fewer people than expected came to watch the race.

Our town received less snow this winter due to the heat wave.

Affect and effect have similar spellings and can sound the same, but they have different meanings. Affect is usually a verb that means to change or influence. Effect is usually a noun that means an outcome or result.

Our team was losing, but I tried not to let that affect my performance.

The new medicine has an amazing effect on cold symptoms.

solution

They're should be changed to There.

There means at, to, or in that place. They're is a contraction for they are. Their is a possessive pronoun that means belonging to them.

This is the correct text:

There are five branches in the U.S. Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps.

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P.1Use the correct frequently confused word

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