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A for An. A hotel. A heroic man. Before an unaccented aspirate use an. The contraryusage in this country comes of too strongly stressing our aspirates.Action for Act. In wrestling, a blow is a reprehensible action. A blow is not an action butan act. An action may consist of many acts.Admission for Admittance. The price of admission is one dollar. Admit for Confess. To admit is to concede something affirmed. An unaccused offendercannot admit his guilt.Adopt. He adopted a disguise. One may adopt a child, or an opinion, but a disguise isassumed.Advisedly for Advertently, Intentionally. It was done advisedly should mean that it wasdone after advice.Afford. It is not well to say the fact affords a reasonable presumption ; the houseafforded ample accommodation. The fact supplies a reasonable presumption. The houseoffered, or gave, ample accommodation.Afraid. Do not say, I am afraid it will rain. Say, I fear that it will rain.Afterwards for Afterward.Aggravate for Irritate. He aggravated me by his insolence. To aggravate is to augmentthe disagreeableness of something already disagreeable, or the badness of something bad.But a person cannot be aggravated, even if disagreeable or bad. Women are singularlyprone to misuse of this word.All of. He gave all of his property. The words are contradictory: an entire thing cannotbe of itself. Omit the preposition.

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