Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused – Part 3 of 6
ELICIT, ILLICIT
Elicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means not legal.
EVERYONE, EVERY ONE
Everyone means every person in a group; every one means each person and is always followed by “of”.
“Everyone needs to know how to swim.”
“Every one of you should be able to swim.”
FAIR, FARE
Fair means average, good-looking, pale, unbiased (what a lot of [...]