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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