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Transcribing Homonyms and similar-sounding words

You should be aware of homonyms and similar-sounding words and listen for them carefully. The person dictating these words may not always say them clearly (or use them properly) and if you are not paying attention, you may transcribe the word incorrectly. Here are just a few words of which you should be aware:

accede: stick to agreement exceed: surpass	accept: receive except: exclude	adapt: adjust adept: proficient
adverse: opposed averse: not interested	affect: change, influence effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression	all right: all right alright: outdated usage
allude: refer to indirectly elude: avoid	allusion: insinuation illusion: apparition	already: previously all ready: everything prepared
altar: place of worship alter: to change	appraise: value apprise: inform, notify	assistants: helpers assistance: help
capital:seat of government; money capitol: building where legislative body meets	cease: stop seize: apprehend	cite: speak of sight: vision site: location
complement: collection compliment: praise	continual: happens frequently in time: close succession continuous: uninterrupted	council: praise consul: ambassador console: comfort counsel: advice
descent: decline dissent: disagree	disapprove: condemn disprove: discredit	elicit: extract illicit: illegal
eligible: qualified illegible: indecipherable	emigration: moving from a country immigration: moving to a country	eminent: outstanding, revered imminent: threatening to happen soon
farther: forward further: additionally	floe: large sheet of floating ice flow: move, run freely, circulate	formally: in a dignified way formerly: previously
imply: speaker implies (suggests) infer: hearer infers (perceives)	incidence: occurrence incidents: situations	lay: to set down, to place or put an item down lie: to recline
passed: go by past: earlier	principal: first in authority; main participant; amount of a debt less interest principle: basic truth or assumption	pray: to ask for by prayer or supplication prey: animal hunted or caught for food; victim
residence: dwelling residents: occupants	right: correct rite: ceremony wright: worker write: compose	their: posessive form of “them” they're: they are there: at that place
stationary: not moving: fixed stationery: writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc.	suit: a set of clothes; legal action suite: number of items making up a set, series, or sequence	waiver: the giving up of a claim waver: to hesitate; also tremble or quaver
through: by way of threw: tossed	whose: of or relating to whom who's: who is	your: of or relating to you you're: you are

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