Confused Words

I cannot ___________that excuse any longer.
1. accept
2. except
There are ________ of people here today.
1. a lot
2. allot
3. alot
The __________ for the new downtown campus was carefully chosen.
1. site
2. cite
3. sight
The _____________department has all of your salary records
1. personal
2. personnel
We will be looking for new clients _____________ of the state of the economy.
1. irregardless
2. regardless
Students do not need to bring ________ own computers to class.
1. they're
2. there
3. their
___________ are several reasons that we should hold our next conference in Banff.
1. they're
2. there
3. their
There are ________ books in the bookstore than there should be.
1. less
2. fewer
There are fewer books in the bookstore ________there should be.
1. then
2. than
Do you have any extra toner cartridges ___________ around in your office?
1. laying
2. lying
3. lieing
I couldn't decide _________ to go the meeting.
1. whether
2. weather
How will the incident in the washroom __________ my marks?
1. affect
2. effect
I _____________ chosen the first answer that came to me.
1. should of
2. should have
The _________ around here has improved since they started to pay us what we're worth.
1. morale
2. moral
By parking in the spaced reserved for handicapped people, the mayor __________ the law that he had supported.
1. flaunted
2. flouted
She ordered office ______________ with pictures of bunnies on it.
1. stationary
2. stationery
A __________ workplace treats workers fairly.
1. human
2. humane
We're ____________ busy around here today.
1. quiet
2. quit
3. quite
1. I was eager to see if there would be less rats in the house since I put Puff in the basement.
2. I was eager to see if there would be fewer rats in the house since I put Puff in the basement.
3. I was anxious to see if there would be less rats in the house since I put Puff in the basement.
4. I was anxious to see if there would be fewer rats in the house since I put Puff in the basement.
1. I should of accepted the complement instead of asking what Pat was trying to prove.
2. I should have accepted the complement instead of asking what Pat was trying to prove.
3. I should of accepted the compliment instead of asking what Pat was trying to prove.
4. I should have accepted the compliment instead of asking what Pat was trying to prove.
Don't _______ on the part of the couch where the dog vomited.
1. lay
2. lie
When I finish paving the driveway, I will __________ the bricks for the wall.
1. lay
2. lie
I took out a ___________ on his property so that I would receive the money he owed me eventually.
1. lien
2. lean
Mr. Abel did not think that it was _______________ to force our pets to appear naked in public.
1. human
2. humane
I wonder _____________ book was left in the room.
1. whose
2. who's
I don't think that it is _____________ for you to be wearing clothes like that to a wedding.
1. decent
2. descent
I wish that they would be ___________. It's hard to work in a noisy office.
1. quite
2. quiet
3. quit
I am earning more money at my new job ___________ I earned as a waitress.
1. than
2. then
She looked over my work. ______________ she shook here head sadly.
1. Then
2. Than
I really don't think it helped when Mr. Trump called me a _______________ for investing in Enron.
1. loser
2. looser