2.14 Confusion between English words. Look out for errors involving the pairs below.
dependent (adj. or noun) | dependant (noun only) |
license (verb) | licence (noun) |
practise (verb) | practice (noun) |
principal (adj. or noun) | principle (noun) |
stationary (adj.) | stationery (noun) |
2.15 Confusion between English and French. Beware of interference effects when switching from one language to the other:
FRENCH | ENGLISH |
adresse | address |
appartement | apartment |
compétitivité | competitiveness |
correspondance | correspondence |
exemple | example |
existant | existent |
environnement | environment |
indépendance | independence |
médecine | medicine |
messager | messenger |
négligeable | negligible |
négociation | negotiation |
offense | offence |
recommandation | recommendation |
réflexion | reflection |
représentativité | representativeness |
responsable | responsible |
tarif | tariff |
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