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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.

 

A

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

 

B

BPAY

BSB not B.S.B

business' not businesses when possessive

buy not purchase

 

C

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

 

 

D

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

 

 

 

E

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

F

FAQs, not FAQ's

foreign exchange

Facebook

fact sheet, not factsheet

G

Government

H

homepage, not home page