Readwise Highlights

Affect (influence) vs. effect (accomplish)

• Compliment (praise) vs. complement (go well with)

• Discreet (careful) vs. discrete (distinct)

• Its (possessive) vs. it’s (it + is)

• Principle (rule) vs. principal (authority figure)

• They’re (they + are) vs. their (possessive) vs. there (adverb of place)

• Venomous (having a toxic bite or sting) vs.

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