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PRONE/SUPINE “Prone” face down is often confused with “supine” face up.. “Prostrate” technically also means “face down,” but is most often used to mean simply “devastated.” See also “pro

PRONE/SUPINE

“Prone” (face down) is often confused with “supine” (face up) “Prostrate” technically also means

“face down,” but is most often used to mean simply “devastated.”

See also “prostate/prostrate.”

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PRONOUNCIATION

PRONUNCIATION

“Pronounce” is the verb, but the O is omitted for the noun: “pronunciation.” This mistake ranks right up there in incongruity with “writting "

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PROPHECY/PROPHESY

“Prophecy,” the noun, (pronounced “PROF-a-see") is a prediction The verb “to

prophesy” (pronounced “PROF-a-sigh") means to predict something When a prophet prophesies he

or she utters prophecies

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PROSTATE/PROSTRATE

The gland men have is called the prostate “Prostrate” is an adjective meaning “lying face

downward."

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PROTRAY

PORTRAY

There are a lot of words in English that begin in “pro-.” This is not one of them When you make a portrait, you portray someone.

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PROVED/PROVEN

For most purposes either form is a fine past participle of “prove,” though in a phrase like “a proven talent” where the word is an adjective preceding a noun, “proven” is standard

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PURPOSELY/PURPOSEFULLY

If you do something on purpose (not by accident), you do it purposely But if you have a specific purpose in mind, you are acting purposefully

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G/Q

Lower-case “q” is the mirror image of lower-case “g” in many typefaces, and the two are often confused with each other and the resulting misspelling missed in proofreading, for instance “quilt” when “guilt” is intended

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quantum leap

QUANTUM LEAP

The thing about quantum leaps is that they mark an abrupt change from one state to a distinctly different one, with no in-between transitional states being possible; but they are not large In fact, in physics a quantum leap is one of the smallest sorts of changes worth talking about Leave “quantum leap” to the subatomic physicists unless you know what you’re talking about

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QUEUE

If you’re standing in a queue you’ll have plenty of time to ponder the unusual spelling of this word Remember, it contains two “U” s."

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QUIET/QUITE

This is probably caused by a slip of the fingers more often than by a slip of the mental gears, but one often sees “quite” (very) substituted for “quiet” (shhh!) This is one of those common errors your spelling checker will not catch, so look out for it

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