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There are words that easily confuse the best of us. Here's a quick guide on how we write some common words and phrases.
affect (verb): to influence. This news will badly affect our share price.
effect: (noun) result. This news had a bad effect on our share price.
assure: to promise
ensure: to make certain
insure: to guarantee against loss or harm
adviser not advisor
all right not alright
although not though
among not amongst
ATM, ATMs not ATM's
BPAY
BSB not B.S.B
business' not businesses when possessive
buy not purchase
Complementary: to complete something; in addition to...
Complimentary: politely flattering, or free
colour, not color
cheque, not check
capitalise, not capitalize
credit card, not Credit Card Low Annual Fee credit card not Low Annual Fee Credit Card
Card on Hold, not card on hold
Disinterested: impartial, neutral, free from bias
Uninterested: not interested
Dependant (noun): someone who depends on another
Dependent (adjective): to depend on something for assistance/support
different from or to, not different than
download not down load
EFTPOS
end-to-end (hyphenate)
email, not e-mail, Email or E-mail
enquiry form not inquiry form
ensure: to make certain
assure: to promise
insure: to guarantee against loss or harm
FAQs, not FAQ's
foreign exchange
fact sheet, not factsheet
Government
homepage, not home page