C.E.
cabaña
cabaret
cabernet sauvignon
cablecast
cacao, coca, coco, cocoa
cache
cactus
caddie, caddy
cadre
caesarean, caesarian
cagey
Cajun
calculate, calculated, calculating
calculus
caldron, cauldron
calendar, calender
caliber, calibre
calk, caulk
calligraphy
callous / callus
callous, callus, calloused, callused
Calvary
camp, campy
can
can
can 1, may
can 2, tin, canned, tinned
can but
can’t
can’t but
can’t hardly
can’t help, can’t help but
can’t seem
canard
cancel out
candelabrum, chandelier
canine
cannibalize
cannon, canon
cannot
cannot help but, can but, cannot but, cannot help, cannot choose but, can’t but, can’t help, can’t help but
cannot, can not, can’t
canon
cañon
CANT
Canuck
canvas, canvass
canyon, cañon
capable, capability
capacity
capital / capitol
CAPITAL LETTERS, CAPITALIZATION
capital punishment, corporal punishment
capital, capitol
CAPITALS, CAPITAL LETTERS, CAPITALIZATION
capitol
carat, caret, carrot, karat
carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide
carburetor, carburettor
cardinal number
care
care less
careen / career
careen, career
CAREFUL WRITER, GOOD WRITER, THOUGHTFUL WRITER
careful, carefree, careless
careless
caret
caricature
carillon
caring
caring
carousal, carousel, carrousel
carrot
carrousel
CASE 1
case 2
casket, coffin
cast, caste
caster, castor
CASUAL SPEECH
casualty
CATACHRESIS, CATACHRESTIC, CATACHRESTICAL
cataclysm, catastrophe
catacomb, catafalque, cenotaph
catalog, catalogue
catalyst
catastrophe
catch
catchup
categorical, categorically
category
cater
cater-corner(ed)
catholic, Catholic
catsup
catty-corner(ed)
Caucasian, Caucasoid
cauldron
caulk
CAUSAL AS
cause
caution
cavalry, Calvary
cay
-ce, -cy
-cede, -ceed, -sede
CEDILLA
-ceed
ceiling, floor
celebrant
celebrant, celebrator
cello
Celsius, centigrade
Celt, Celtic
cement, concrete, mortar
cenotaph
censure, censor, censer
centennial, centenary
center
center 1
center 2, centre
centigrade
centimeter
centre
centrifugal, centripetal
centrist
century
cereal, serial
cerebral
ceremonial, ceremonious
certain
certain
certainly
certificated, certified, licensed
cesarean, caesarean, caesarian
cession, session
chaff, chafe
chain reaction
chair
chairman, chairlady, chairperson, chairwoman
chaise longue, chaise lounge
champagne, champaign
chance
chancel, chantry, choir
chancery, chancellery, chancellory
chandelier
CHANGE AND VARIATION IN LANGUAGE
CHANGE, LINGUISTIC
CHANGE, SEMANTIC
chantry
chaperon, chaperone
character, nature
characteristic
charged with (by)
charisma, charismatic
chary
chastened
chastise
château, chateau
chauvinism, chauvinist, chauvinistic
cheap, cheaply
check 1
check 2, cheque
checkers
cheeks
cheerful, cheery
cheeseburger
chemistry
cheque
cherub, cherubim, cherubs
chest
chesterfield
Chicano
chide
chief justice
childish, childlike
chili, chile, chilli
Chinaman, chinaman
chintzy
choice
CHOICE ENGLISH
choir, quire
chord / cord
chord, cord
Christian name
chronic
chukker
chutzpah, chutzpa
-ciate, -ciation, -tiate, -tiation
cipher, cypher
circle
CIRCUMFLEX
CIRCUMLOCUTION
circumstances
cite, site, sight
citizen
civilian
clad
claim
clandestine
clang
CLASS DIALECT
classic, classical
CLASSIFYING GENITIVE
CLAUSE
CLAUSE MODIFIERS
claustrophobic
clean 1, cleanly
clean 2, cleanse, cleaner, cleanser
clean room
cleanly, cleanliness
cleanse, cleanser
clear 1
clear 2, clearly
cleave
clench, clinch
clergyman
clever
clew
CLICHE
client, customer, patron
climactic, climatic, climacteric
climb
clinch
cling, clang
CLIPPING, CLIPPED FORMS, CLIPPED WORDS
clique
clone
close proximity
closure
clothes
cloture, closure
club soda
clue, clew
co-
coal oil
coalesce
coarse, course
COASTAL NEW ENGLAND DIALECT
coca
cock a snook (at)
cockamamie
coco, cocoa
coed, co-ed
coequal
coffin
cognate
cohere, coherence
COHERENCE
coherence [coh] [mdm]
cohesion, cohesive
cohort
cohort
coiffeur, coiffeuse, coiffure, barber, hairdresser
coined titles
col-
cola, COLA
cold slaw, coleslaw, cole slaw
coliseum, Colosseum
collaborate
collaborator, collaborationist
collectable, collectible
collective noun
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
collective nouns (animals) [mdm]
collide, collision
COLLOQUIAL, COLLOQUIALISM
collude, collusion
COLON
colored, of color
Colosseum
com-
coma, comma
comatose
combine
COMBINED FORMS: PREPOSITIONS AND ADVERBS COMBINED WITH VERBS
combo
come
come and
comfort, comforter
comic, comical
comma, after introductory elements [mdm]
comma, before noun clauses
comma, general exercise [mdm]
COMMA 1
COMMA 2, INVERTED
COMMA FAULT, COMMA BLUNDER, COMMA ERROR, COMMA SPLICE
COMMA FOR CLARITY
COMMA SPLICE
COMMAND
commander, commandant, commando
commence
commend
commensurate
commentate
commentate
commiserate
commitment
committee
common
COMMON ENGLISH
COMMON NOUNS
common sense, common-sense, commonsense
commonality, commonalty
commune
communicate, communication
commute, commuter, commutation
comparable
COMPARATIVE, COMPARATIVE DEGREE
comparatively
compare to / compare with
compare to, compare with
compare, contrast
COMPARISON
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
comparison of non-equivalent items [mdm]
comparison
comparison of equivalent items [mdm]
COMPARISON, ILLOGICAL
compass, a pair of compasses
compatible
compel, impel
compendious
compendium
competence, competency
complacence, complacency
complacent / complaisant
complacent, complaisant, compliant
complaint
complaisant
compleat
complected, complexioned
complement / compliment
complement, compliment
complement, position [mdm]
complementary, complimentary
complementation [mdm]
COMPLEMENTS
complete
complete, completely, wholly
complex
COMPLEX SENTENCE
complexioned
compliance
compliant
compliment
complimentary
comply
compose
compose / comprise
COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS
COMPOUND SENTENCE
COMPOUND SUBJECTS, AGREEMENT WITH VERBS
COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
COMPOUNDS, COMPOUNDING
comprehend, apprehend
comprehensive, complete, comprehensible
comprise, compose, consist, constitute, include
comptroller, controller
compulsive, compulsory
COMPUTERESE
con-
concave, convex
concensus
concept, conception
concern
concerned
concert, recital
concerto
CONCISENESS 1, CONCISION
conciseness 2, concision
conclave
conclude
concoct
CONCORD
CONCORD, NOTIONAL
concrete
concretize
concur
condemn, contemn
condensation
condition
conditional clauses, understood [mdm]
conditional sentences [mdm]
CONDITIONALS
conditions, real [mdm]
conditions, unreal [mdm]
conducive
conductor
conduit
conferencing
confess
confidant, confidante, confident
confide
confident
conflicted
conform
conformity
CONFUSION OF SIMILAR OR APPARENTLY SIMILAR WORDS
confute, refute
congenial, genial
congenital
congratulate, congratulation(s)
congruence, congruent
conjugal, connubial
CONJUNCTION
CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS
connect
connection, connexion
connote, denote
connubial
consciousness, conscience, consciousness raising, consciousness-raising
consensus (of opinion)
consequent
consequential, inconsequential
conservative
CONSERVATIVE USAGE
CONSERVATIVES IN LANGUAGE MATTERS
consider
considerable
considerateness, consideration
consist
consist in, consist of
consistent
consistently, persistently
CONSONANCE
consonant
CONSONANTS 1, THE AMERICAN ENGLISH
CONSONANTS 2, DOUBLING OF
conspicuous by its
CONSTITUENCY
constitute
constrain, restrain
consul
consummate
contact
contact
CONTACT CLAUSES
contagious, infectious
contemn
contemporaneous, contemporary
contemporary
contemptible, contemptuous
contend
CONTEXT, CONTEXTUAL, CONTEXTUALLY
continual / continuous
continual, continuous
continually, continuously
continuance / continuation
continuance, continuation, continuity
continue on
continuity
continuous
continuously
CONTRACTIONS
contrast
contrast
contribute [mdm]
control [mdm]
controlled substance
controller
convenience store, convenience food
convenient
conventional
conversant
CONVERSATIONAL
CONVERSATIONAL LEVELS
converse
convex
convict
convince / persuade
convince, persuade
cool, coolth
cooperate, collaborate
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
cop out, cop a plea
cop, bobby
cope
COPULATIVE VERBS
copy
cord
core, corps
coronate
corporal, corporeal
corps
corpse, corpus, corpus delicti
correct
CORRECTNESS, THE DOCTRINE OF, AND THE DOCTRINE OF APPROPRIATENESS
correctness [mdm]
correspond
corrode
cosmetic, cosmetic, cosmeticize, cosmetize
cosmonaut
cost, cost out
couch
could care less / couldn’t care less
could care less, couldn’t care less
could of
could, might
coulda
couldn’t hardly
council / counsel / consul
council, counsel, consul
councilor, councillor, counselor(-at-law), counsellor(-at-law)
counsel
count and mass nouns [mdm]
COUNT NOUNS
count nouns and count quantifiers [mdm]
counteract
counterfeit
counterproductive
COUNTERWORDS
coup de grace
couple
couple
couple of, a
course
course of, in the; during the course of
court martial
courtesy, curtsy
cover
craft
craft 1
craft 2
craft paper
crape, crepe
crass
crayfish, crawdad, crawfish
crazy, like
create havoc
credence, credibility, credulity, credit, credible, creditable, credulous
credentialed
credible / credulous
creek
creep
cremains
crème de menthe
crepe
crescendo
crescendo
crevice, crevasse
crew
crick
cripple, crippled
criterion
criterion
criticize, criticism
critique
critique
crochet, crotchet, crotchety
crow
crunch
cry
cryptic
-ction, -xion
culminate
cultivated, cultured
cum
cumulate, cumulation
cumulative
cupful
curate
curb, kerb
cured
current, currant
currently
curriculum
curtains
curtsy
customer
custom-made
cut in half
cute
cutting edge
-cy
cymbal, symbol
cynosure, sinecure
cypher
cypress, Cyprus
czar / tsar