| Wrong: There isn't but one apple left. |
| Right: There is but one apple left. |
Calculate. Do not use calculate in the sense of think, expect, or intend.
Can. Do not use can to denote permission. It denotes ability or possibility. May denotes permission. See §69
| Wrong: Can I speak to you for a minute? |
| Right: May I speak to you for a moment? |
Character, reputation. Do not confuse these two words. Character means one's moral condition. Reputation means the morality that others believe one to possess.
Clum. There is no such form of the verb climb.
Complected. Do not use complected for complexioned. See §40.
Conclude. Do not use conclude in the sense of forming an intention.
| Right: Finally, I decided to go home. |
| Right: I was forced to conclude that I had made an error. |
Considerable. Do not use considerable in the sense of very much.