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SACRELIGIOUS SACRILEGIOUS Doing something sacrilegious involves committing sacrilege.. Don’t let the related word “religious” trick you into misspelling the word as "sacreligious." List

ROB/STEAL

When you rob a bank, you steal its money You can’t rob the money itself The stuff taken in a robbery is always stolen, not “robbed."

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ROLE/ROLL

An actor plays a role Bill Gates is the entrepreneur” s role model But you eat a sausage on a roll and

roll out the barrel

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ROOT/ROUT/ROUTE

You can root for your team (cheer them on) and hope that they utterly smash their opponents (create

a rout), then come back in triumph on Route 27 (a road)

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SACRED/SCARED

This is one of those silly typos which your spelling checker won’t catch: gods are sacred, the damned

in Hell are scared

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SACRELIGIOUS

SACRILEGIOUS

Doing something sacrilegious involves committing sacrilege Don’t let the related word “religious” trick you into misspelling the word as "sacreligious." List of errors

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safety deposit box

SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX

SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX

“Safety” is rarely pronounced very differently from “safe-D” so it is natural that many people suppose they are hearing the word at the beginning of this phrase, but the correct expression is in fact “safe-deposit box."

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SAIL/SALE/SELL

These simple and familiar words are surprisingly often confused in writing You sail a boat which has

a sail of canvas You sell your old fondue pot at a yard sale

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salsa sauce

SALSA SAUCE

SALSA

“Salsa” is Spanish for “sauce,” so “salsa sauce” is redundant Here in the U.S., where people now spend more on salsa than on ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer), few people are unaware that it’s a sauce Anyone so sheltered as not to be aware of that fact will need a fuller explanation: “chopped tomatoes, onions, chilies and cilantro."

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same difference

SAME DIFFERENCE

This is a jokey, deliberately illogical slang expression that doesn’t belong in formal writing List of errors

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SARCASTIC/IRONIC

Not all ironic comments are sarcastic Sarcasm is meant to mock or wound Irony can be amusing without being maliciously aimed at hurting anyone

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SATELLITE

Originally a satellite was a follower Astronomers applied the term to smaller bodies orbiting about

planets, like our moon Then we began launching artificial satellites Since few people were familiar

with the term in its technical meaning, the adjective “artificial” was quickly dropped in popular usage So far so bad Then television began to be broadcast via satellite Much if not all television now wends its way through a satellite at some point, but in the popular imagination only broadcasts received at the viewing site via a dish antenna aimed at a satellite qualify to be called “satellite

television.” Thus we see motel signs boasting:

AIR CONDITIONING,*

SATELLITE

People say things like “the fight” s going to be shown on satellite.” The word has become a pathetic fragment of its former self The technologically literate speaker will avoid these slovenly

abbreviations

*At least motels have not yet adopted the automobile industry” s truncation of “air conditioning” to

“air."

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