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Fit vs. fitted
Fit is often uninflected in the U.S. and Canada, whereas it usually becomes fitted outside North America. The words differ as adjectives: fit means healthy or appropriate, and fitted means designed to fit.
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Cede vs. concede
Cede = to surrender possession of. Concede = (1) to acknowledge something as true or correct, (2) to admit defeat, and (3) to yield or allow something.
Goodly
= (1) quite large or considerable, and (2) of pleasing appearance. The second sense is obsolescent.
Around the clock, round the clock
Both forms are common. Hyphenate it when it’s an adjective preceding what it modifies. Don’t hyphenate it when it’s adverbial.
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Retard
It is often considered offensive as a noun, though it’s participle, retarded, does occasionally appear in medical contexts.
Grammar vs. usage
Usage = how words are used to convey meaning. Grammar = how words are used to construct sentences.
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Brainchild
Figuratively, something born of a brain. In its conventional sense, it doesn’t denote people.
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Weaved, wove, woven
It is usually wove in the past tense and woven as a past participle, but weaved has gained ground.