A trend I've been seeing in student writing over the past few years involves words such as "nowadays," "overall," and "themselves." Some students will break these words down into their component parts and write "now a days," "over all," and "them selves."
Julie
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Subject: RE: [tips] word confusions
Here are a couple more that are not pronounced the same but often misused by students:
"should of" should be "should have"
off of when they want some other preposition
and confusing while and whereas
Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
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