Chickens start to lay eggs when they are 18 weeks age.
INCORRECT
Confusing words--Age vs Old
Age is a noun, and cannot modify "weeks".
Nearly 8 percent of the earth´s crust is made of aluminium.
CORRECT
Confusing words--Percent vs Percentage
Percent is used with a number!
When the original 13 states formed, Florida was not between them.
INCORRECT
Confusing words--Between vs Among
Between 2 / Among 3+
Until the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of Americans continued to do their living from agriculture.
INCORRECT
Confusing words--Do vs Make
Expression is "Make a living".
The earth went through an immensely hot phase 4,600 million years ago, when it became a molten mass.
CORRECT
Confusing words--Ago vs Before
Ago is relative to now!
Before she lived in Texas, but actually she lives in France.
INCORRECT
Confusing Words--Actual vs Current
Current means happening now.
Fog is the affect of the cooling of warm, moist air.
INCORRECT
Confusing Words--Affect vs Effect
Affect is an Action
Most ravens are large, stocky, and entirely black.
CORRECT
Confusing Words--Almost vs Most
Most = Majority
Captain James Cook, in three voyages from 1778 to 1779, explored more of the Pacific than any another man before him.
INCORRECT
Confusing Words--Another vs. Other vs. The Other
"Any" implies plural and "Another" is always singular.
The party was cool, but afterward we went to breakfast and it was even better.
CORRECT
Confusing Words--After vs Afterward
We do not mention the object (the party) directly following "afterward"
We couldn't go to the beach because of the wind.
CORRECT
Confusing Words--Because vs Because of
Because of + noun
Wow! The flag is so tall!
INCORRECT
Confusing Words--Tall vs High
The flag is not touching the ground, the pole is.
They hardly work out, so they don't have hard stomachs.
CORRECT
Confusing Words--Hard vs Hardly
Hard is an adjective, and hardly is an adverb.
I prefer to be lonely in the bathroom.
INCORRECT
Confusing Words--Alone vs Lonely
If you prefer it, you aren't sad about it!
