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[Confusing words #4]
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(1) They made Damascus the of a wealthy land. (capital/capitol)
(2) Producers will be reluctant to this technology. (adapt/adopt)
(3) Decisions taken in the House of Commons all of us. (affect/effect)
(4) Books not in the public were not be studied even in private. (canon/cannon)
(5) The frequency with which auctions were held could also lender diversity. (affect/effect)
(6) There's a storm across the tonight. (desert/dessert)
(7) If the country is to have increasing and product, profits must be good. (capital/capitol)
(8) Now and again the boomed. (canon/cannon)
(9) The children are finding it so hard to to life in a flat. (adapt/adopt)
(10) I'll have blancmange and strawberries for . (desert/dessert)


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