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Don't know whether this will fly, but it might be fun to develop a list of words not to be confused. Not malapropisms, though they could be fun, too, but those words that are similar in appearance and different in meaning.
OK. Confused? I'll offer a few sets and see whether y'all can offer some more.
astronomy v. astrology
cosmologist v. cosmetologist
(and, of course) cosmology v. cosmetology
Now I'm not saying that any of us would get these confused, but it's fun to imagine situations in which people have misused one for the other.
Need to get to sleep now to awaken to a very bored reading of a book about brain studies for a class I'm taking.
Brief rest,
Wordwaning
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