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Literature Explained – Literary Synopses and Book Summaries

Home » Literature Explained – Literary Synopses and Book Summaries

In this section of the website, we discuss the importance and significance of classic English literature.

1984

Catcher in the Rye

The Great Gatsby

Macbeth

Pride and Prejudice

Contents

  • 1 1984
  • 2 Catcher in the Rye
  • 3 The Great Gatsby
  • 4 Macbeth
  • 5 Pride and Prejudice

Confusing Words

  • A versus An
  • A lot versus Alot
  • Accent versus Ascent versus Assent
  • Accept versus Except
  • Access versus Excess
  • Accidently versus Accidentally
  • Acclimation versus Acclamation
  • Acknowledgement versus Acknowledgment
  • Acumen versus Acuity versus Acuteness
  • Acute versus Chronic
  • Ad versus Add
  • Adapter versus Adaptor
  • Addenda versus Addendum
  • Addicting versus Addictive
  • Adsorb versus Absorb
  • Advice versus Advise
  • Adviser versus Advisor
  • Aerobic versus Anaerobic
  • Affect versus Effect
  • Affect Change versus Effect Change
  • Affective versus Effective
  • Afflict versus Inflict
  • Afterward versus Afterwards
  • Ageing versus Aging
  • Ahold versus A hold
  • Aeroplane versus Airplane
  • Aisle versus Isle
  • Aka versus A.k.a.
  • All of a Sudden versus All of the Sudden
  • Allowed versus Aloud
  • Allude versus Elude
  • Aloud versus Out Loud
  • Alter versus Altar
  • Altogether versus All Together
  • Aluminum versus Aluminium
  • Alright versus All Right
  • Always versus All ways
  • Ambiance versus Ambience
  • Amend versus Emend
  • Among versus Amongst
  • Analog versus Analogue
  • Analyse versus Analyze
  • Analysis versus Analyses
  • Anime versus Manga
  • Anxious versus Eager
  • Anyone versus Any one
  • Anyplace versus Any Place
  • Anytime versus Any Time
  • Anyway versus Any way
  • Anyway versus Anyways
  • Apart versus A part
  • Assent versus Consent
  • Attorney versus Lawyer
  • Attain versus Obtain
  • Aural versus Oral
  • Autumn versus Fall
  • Avenge versus Revenge
  • Averse versus Adverse
  • Avocation versus Vocation
  • Awaiting versus Waiting
  • Award versus Reward
  • Awhile versus A While
  • Aww versus Awe
  • Backup versus Back up
  • Backward versus Backwards
  • Backyard versus Back Yard
  • Bad versus Badly
  • Bad rap versus Bad rep
  • Barbecue versus Barbeque
  • Bass versus Base
  • Bearing versus Baring
  • Because versus Since
  • Bedpost versus Bed Post
  • Behavior versus Behaviour
  • Believes versus Beliefs
  • Below versus Bellows
  • Bent versus Bended
  • Beside versus Besides
  • Between versus Among
  • Biannual versus Semiannual
  • Bi-weekly versus Semi-weekly
  • Binded versus Bound
  • Bingeing versus Binging
  • Bit versus Bitten
  • Blatant versus Flagrant
  • Blimp versus Zeppelin
  • Blond versus Blonde
  • Bourgeois versus Bourgeoisie
  • Breach versus Breech
  • Break versus Brake
  • Brief versus Debrief
  • Brick and Mortar versus Brick and Morter
  • Bring versus Take
  • Broach versus Brooch
  • Broth versus Stock
  • Brung versus Brought
  • Buck Naked versus Butt Naked
  • Buildup versus Build up
  • Bunny versus Rabbit
  • Burst versus Bursted
  • Buses versus Busses
  • Buy versus Bye versus By
  • By Accident versus On Accident
  • Cactuses versus Cacti
  • Caddie versus Caddy
  • Calvary versus Cavalry
  • Camaraderie versus Comradery
  • Can versus May
  • Canceled versus Cancelled
  • Canon vs. Cannon
  • Capability versus Ability
  • Capital versus Capitol
  • Cappuccino versus Latte
  • Cardinal Numbers versus Ordinal Numbers
  • Case in Point versus Case and Point
  • Cast versus Casted
  • Catalog versus Catalogue
  • Center versus Centre
  • Certificate versus Diploma versus Degree
  • Charley Horse versus Charlie Horse
  • Check in versus Check-in
  • Checkout versus Check out
  • Checkup versus Check up
  • Childcare versus Child Care
  • Choir versus Chorus
  • Choose vs. Chose
  • Cite versus Site versus Sight
  • Cleanup versus Clean up
  • Client versus Customer
  • Climatic versus Climactic
  • Cloth versus Clothes
  • Co-operate versus Cooperate
  • Co-Worker versus Coworker
  • Coca versus Cocoa
  • Cocoa versus Cacao
  • Cold versus Flu
  • Coleslaw versus Coldslaw
  • Coliseum versus Colosseum
  • Collaborate versus Corroborate
  • Collectable versus Collectible
  • College versus University
  • Competence versus Competency
  • Compliment versus Complement
  • Comprise versus Compose
  • Conscience versus Conscious
  • Consignor versus Consignee
  • Contagious versus Infectious
  • Contiguous versus Continuous
  • Continually versus Continuously
  • Convince versus Persuade
  • Copywritten versus Copyrighted
  • Cord versus Chord
  • Corn Flour versus Corn Meal
  • Correspondence versus Correspondance
  • Could Have versus Could Of
  • Could versus Would
  • Counselling versus Counseling
  • Counselor versus Councilor
  • Cozy versus Cosy
  • Crayfish versus Crawfish
  • Creek versus Crick
  • Criticise versus Criticize
  • Current versus Currant
  • Curricula versus Curriculum
  • Dairy versus Diary
  • Dam versus Damn
  • Deceased versus Diseased
  • Defendant versus Plaintiff
  • Depository versus Repository
  • Device versus Devise
  • Dialog versus Dialogue
  • Dice versus Die
  • Different From versus Different Than
  • Diner versus Dinner
  • Disc versus Disk
  • Discreet versus Discrete
  • Disinterested versus Uninterested
  • Disorganized versus Unorganized
  • Disperse versus Disburse
  • Dissatisfied versus Unsatisfied
  • DNA versus RNS
  • Do versus Due
  • Doughnut versus Donut
  • Drank versus Drunk
  • Draught versus Draft
  • Dreamed versus Dreamt
  • Drier versus Dryer
  • Drop off versus Drop-off
  • Duplicate versus Replicate
  • Dwarfs versus Dwarves
  • Dying versus Dieing
  • Eatable versus Edible
  • Effective versus Efficient
  • Efficacy versus Efficiency
  • Efficiency versus Effectiveness
  • Either versus Neither
  • Elder versus Older
  • Elegy versus Eulogy
  • Elfs versus Elves
  • Elicit versus Illicit
  • E-mail versus Email
  • Embed versus Imbed
  • Emigrate versus Immigrate
  • Eminent versus Imminent
  • Emoji versus Emoticon
  • Empathy versus Sympathy
  • Emphasise versus Emphasize
  • En route versus In route
  • Encase versus Incase
  • Enclosed versus Inclosed
  • Endeavors versus Endeavours
  • Endemic versus Epidemic
  • Endorsement versus Indorsement
  • Engrained versus Ingrained
  • Enrolment versus Enrollment
  • Ensure versus Insure versus Assure
  • Entitled versus Titled
  • Envelop versus Envelope
  • Envision versus Invision
  • Equal versus Equitable
  • Ethics versus Morals
  • Everyday vs Every Day
  • Everyone or Every One
  • Evoke versus Invoke
  • Excretion versus Secretion
  • Expiry versus Expiration
  • Expresso versus Espresso
  • Extortion versus Blackmail
  • Fair versus Fare
  • Favorite versus Favourite
  • Feed versus Fed
  • Fewer versus Less
  • Fiancé versus Fiancée
  • Fiber versus Fibre
  • Fillet versus Filet
  • Firsthand versus First-hand
  • Fit versus Fitted
  • Flair versus Flare
  • Flammable versus Inflammable
  • Flesh out versus Flush out
  • Flier versus Flyer
  • Founder versus Flounder
  • Flutist versus Flautist
  • Flys versus Flies
  • Followup versus Follow-up
  • Follow-up versus Follow up
  • Foolproof versus Fullproof
  • Forgo versus Forego
  • Former versus Latter
  • Formulas versus Formulae
  • Forth versus Fourth
  • Foul versus Fowl
  • Fulfil versus Fulfill
  • Further versus Farther
  • Glamor versus Glamour
  • Got versus Gotten
  • Grill versus Grille
  • Gross versus Net
  • Guarantee versus Guaranty
  • Gluing versus Glueing
  • Grey versus Gray
  • Hale versus Hail
  • Half-Mast versus Half-Staff
  • Hands-on versus Hands on
  • Hanged versus Hung
  • Hanger versus Hangar
  • Harbor versus Harbour
  • Hare versus Rabbit
  • Healthcare versus Health Care
  • Heard versus Herd
  • Hearty versus Hardy
  • Heel versus Heal
  • Height versus Heighth
  • Here versus Hear
  • Hers versus Her’s
  • Heyday versus Hayday
  • Hillbilly versus Redneck
  • Himself versus Him self
  • Himself versus Hisself
  • Historic versus Historical
  • Hoard versus Horde
  • Holistic versus Wholistic
  • Homogenous versus Homogeneous
  • Hoofs versus Hooves
  • Hopping versus Hoping
  • Humor versus Humour
  • Hurray versus Hooray
  • Hypo versus Hyper
  • Ignorant versus Stupid
  • In Regard To versus In Regards To
  • Illegal versus Illicit
  • Illegible versus Unreadable
  • Illusion versus Delusion
  • Imaginative versus Imaginary
  • Immanent versus Imminent
  • Implicit versus Explicit
  • Imply versus Infer
  • Impostor versus Imposter
  • In Process versus In Progress
  • Inalienable versus Unalienable
  • Incase versus In Case
  • Incident versus Incidence
  • Indexes versus Indices
  • Induce versus Deduce
  • Inquiry versus Enquiry
  • Instill versus Instil
  • Instillation versus Installation
  • Inter versus Intra
  • Into versus In to
  • Invaluable versus Valuable
  • Its versus It’s
  • Jail versus Gaol
  • Jealousy versus Envy
  • Jewelry versus Jewellery
  • Jibe versus Jive
  • Judgment versus Judgement
  • Jury-rigged versus Jerry-rigged
  • Kickoff versus Kick Off
  • Knight versus Night
  • Knitted versus Knit
  • Ladder versus Latter
  • Laid out versus Layed out
  • Lasagna versus Lasagne
  • Latitude versus Longitude
  • Layout versus Lay out
  • Lead versus Lede
  • Leant versus Leaned
  • Leery versus Leary
  • Led versus Lead
  • Leftover versus Left over
  • Lens versus Lense
  • Lent versus Lended
  • Lessee versus Lessor
  • Lie versus Lye
  • Lifes versus Lives
  • Lifetime versus Life time
  • Likable versus Likeable
  • Linchpin versus Lynchpin
  • Literally versus Figuratively
  • Loathe versus Loath
  • Log in versus Log on
  • Lose versus Loose versus Loosen
  • Lovable versus Loveable
  • Make Do versus Make Due
  • Makeup versus Make up
  • Material versus Materiel
  • Macro versus Micro
  • Master versus Mister
  • Math versus Maths
  • May versus Might
  • MD versus DO
  • Me versus Mine
  • Me versus Myself
  • Metal versus Medal
  • Miniscule versus Minuscule
  • Mischievous versus Mischievious
  • Miss versus Mrs.
  • Mistrust versus Distrust
  • Modeling versus Modelling
  • Mom versus Mum
  • Monies versus Moneys
  • Monologue versus Soliloquy
  • Movable versus Moveable
  • Ms. versus Mrs
  • Mute versus Moot
  • Naught versus Nought
  • Neigbors versus Neighbors
  • Nerve-Racking versus Nerve-Wracking
  • Nevermind versus Never Mind
  • Ninety versus Ninty
  • No Later Than versus No Later Then
  • Not Surprisingly versus Not Surprising
  • Obliged versus Obligated
  • Offence versus Offense
  • Oftentimes versus Often times
  • Old-Fashioned versus Old-Fashioned
  • Omelet versus Omelette
  • Onboard versus On Board
  • Oneself versus One’s Self
  • Online versus On-Line
  • Onto versus On to
  • Ordnance versus Ordinance
  • Organization versus Organisation
  • Oriented versus Orientated
  • Orthopedic versus Orthopaedic
  • Overnight versus Over Night
  • Over Time versus Overtime
  • Pajamas versus Pyjamas
  • Passed versus Past
  • Passersby versus Passerbys
  • Patience versus Patients
  • Payed versus Paid
  • Peak versus Peek versus Pique
  • Peal versus Peel
  • Personal versus Personnel
  • Phenomenon versus Phenomena
  • Piece of Mind versus Peace of Mind
  • Pickup versus Pick Up
  • Plain versus Plane
  • Plow versus Plough
  • Polygamy versus Polygyny
  • Port versus Starboard
  • Potatoes versus Potatos
  • Pray versus Prey
  • Precede versus Proceed
  • Precedence versus Precedent
  • Premier versus Premiere
  • Presume versus Assume
  • Pretense versus Pretence
  • Preventive versus Preventative
  • Prior versus Previous
  • Principal versus Principle
  • Prone versus Supine
  • Proof versus Prove
  • Protagonist versus Antagonist
  • Proved versus Proven
  • Psychology versus Psychiatry
  • Psychopath versus Sociopath
  • Purposefully versus Purposely
  • Race versus Ethnicity
  • Rational versus Rationale
  • Read versus Read
  • Recognise versus Recognize
  • Regimen versus Regiment
  • Remuneration versus Renumeration
  • Renounce versus Denounce
  • Repression versus Suppression
  • Resilience versus Resiliency
  • Rite versus Right
  • Road versus Rode
  • Role Call versus Roll Call
  • Roll Out versus Rollout
  • Roofs versus Rooves
  • Saviour versus Savior
  • Scared versus Scarred
  • Scissor versus Scissors
  • Seam versus Seem
  • Segway versus Segue
  • Sensuous versus Sensual
  • Setup versus Set up
  • Shelf versus Shelve
  • Shoo-in versus Shoe-in
  • Shudder versus Shutter
  • Sightseeing versus Site Seeing
  • Sign up versus Sign-up
  • Sizable versus Sizeable
  • Skeleton versus Luge
  • Skillset versus Skill Set
  • Smartphone versus Smart phone
  • Smooth versus Smoothe
  • Sneaked versus Snuck
  • Someone versus Somebody
  • Something versus Some Thing
  • Sometimes versus Some Times
  • Sore versus Soar
  • Spatter versus Splatter
  • Specialty versus Speciality
  • Spectre versus Specter
  • Spelling of Pillow
  • Spelt versus Spelled
  • Spoiled versus Spoilt
  • Spread versus Spreaded
  • Stayed versus Staid
  • Standalone versus Stand alone
  • Stank versus Stunk
  • State of the Art versus State-of-the-Art
  • Stationary versus Stationery
  • Steer Clear versus Stear Clear
  • Stent versus Stint
  • Summery versus Summary
  • Supersede versus Supercede
  • Suppose versus Supposed
  • Strove versus Strived
  • Supper versus Dinner
  • Supposedly versus Supposably
  • Sweeped versus Swept
  • Systemic versus Systematic
  • Talk to versus Talk with
  • Tee shirt versus T-Shirt
  • Tenants versus Tenets
  • Theatre versus Theater
  • Themselves versus Theirselves
  • Then versus Than
  • There versus Their versus They’re
  • Therefor versus Therefore
  • They versus Them
  • Threw versus Through
  • Thru versus Through
  • Tomatos versus Tomatoes
  • To versus Too versus Two
  • To Long versus Too Long
  • Too Hard versus To Hard
  • Too Much versus To Much
  • Too Much to Bear versus Too Much to Bare
  • Touch Base versus Touch Bases
  • Tire versus Tyre
  • Tough versus Tuff
  • Trainer versus Trainor
  • Travelling versus Traveling
  • Trawling versus Trolling
  • Truely versus Truly
  • Trust versus Mistrust
  • Underway versus Under way
  • Until versus Till
  • Up to Date versus Up-to-Date
  • Upmost versus Utmost
  • Valentines Day versus Valentine’s Day
  • Venomous versus Poisonous
  • Voicemail versus Voice mail
  • Wack versus Whack
  • Waive versus Waver
  • Ware versus Wear
  • Was versus Were
  • We versus Us
  • Webpage versus Website
  • Website versus Web Site
  • Wellbeing versus Well-being
  • Where versus Were versus Wear
  • Whether versus Weather
  • Which versus That
  • While versus Whilst
  • Whiney versus Whiny
  • Who versus Whom
  • Widow versus Widower
  • Will versus Would
  • With Regard to versus With Regards to
  • Woe is Me versus Who is Me
  • Workout versus Work out
  • Work in Progress versus Work in Process
  • Worse versus Worst
  • Yay versus Nay
  • Your versus You’re
  • Youth versus Youths
  • Bail versus Bale
  • Breakdown versus Break Down
  • Borne versus Born
  • Photoshoot versus Photo Shoot
  • Armor versus Armour
  • Cannot versus Can not
  • Run Amok versus Run Amuck
  • Objective versus Subjective
  • Lets versus Let’s
  • New versus Knew
  • Root versus Route
  • Sank versus Sunk
  • Separate versus Seperate
  • Serigraph versus Lithograph
  • Sulfur versus Sulphur
  • Story versus Storey
  • Mucus versus Mucous
  • Nowadays versus Now a Days
  • Calfs versus Calves
  • Toward versus Towards
  • Is versus Are
  • Used to versus Use to
  • Quite versus Quiet
  • Mantel versus Mantle
  • Licence versus License
  • Leapt versus Leaped
  • Learned versus Learnt
  • Honor versus Honour
  • Foreword versus Forward
  • Tide versus Tied
  • Lier versus Liar
  • Council versus Counsel
  • Clip versus Magazine
  • Carmel versus Caramel
  • Prognosis versus Diagnosis
  • Benefited versus Benefitted
  • Mold versus Mould
  • Faze versus Phase
  • Suit versus Suite
  • Defuse versus Diffuse
  • Amoral versus Immoral
  • Home in versus Hone in
  • Already versus All ready
  • Compare to versus Compare with
  • Proscribe versus Prescribe
  • Rime versus Rhyme
  • Maybe versus May Be
  • Moral versus Morale
  • Sole versus Soul
  • Steal versus Steel
  • Stalactite versus Stalagmite
  • Lite versus Light
  • Loan versus Lend
  • Liquor versus Liqueur
  • Not-for-profit versus Nonprofit
  • Moslem versus Muslim
  • Course versus Coarse
  • Baptised versus Baptized
  • Practice versus Practise
  • Are versus Our
  • Much versus Many
  • Gases versus Gasses
  • Artefact versus Artifact
  • Grammar versus Grammer
  • Nobody versus No One
  • Reel versus Real
  • Smokey versus Smoky
  • Labeled versus Labelled
  • Totaled versus Totalled
  • Lath versus Lathe
  • Fish versus Fishes
  • Strait versus Straight
  • Scarfs versus Scarves
  • Coma versus Comma
  • Yogurt versus Yoghurt
  • Yoke versus Yolk
  • Waste versus Waist
  • Per cent versus Percent
  • Octopuses versus Octopi
  • Sherbet versus Sherbert
  • Cue versus Queue
  • Maize versus Maze
  • Vain versus Vein
  • Recur versus Reoccur
  • Empathic versus Empathetic
  • In Spite versus Despite
  • Labor versus Labour
  • Shined versus Shone
  • Spilled versus Spilt
  • Yea versus Yeah
  • Ton versus Tonne
  • Til versus Till
  • Alone versus Lonely
  • Presents versus Presence
  • Someday versus Some Day
  • Dependent versus Dependant
  • Weary versus Wary
  • Color versus Colour
  • Verbage versus Verbiage
  • Reckless versus Wreckless
  • Regime versus Regimen
  • Wonder versus Wander
  • Person versus People
  • Mustache versus Moustache
  • Role versus Roll
  • Persons versus People
  • Concave versus Convex
  • Allusion versus Illusion
  • Pleaded versus Pled
  • Prospective versus Perspective
  • Program versus Programme
  • Lighted versus Lit
  • Racket versus Racquet
  • Dragged versus Drug
  • Ax versus Axe
  • Gist versus Jist
  • Dual versus Duel
  • Dived versus Dove
  • Favor versus Favour
  • Forty versus Fourty
  • Sang versus Sung
  • Login versus Log in
  • Inequity versus Inequality
  • Noone versus No one
  • Translucent versus Transparent
  • Subconscious versus Unconscious
  • Apologise versus Apologize
  • Burnt versus Burned
  • Cheque versus Check
  • Free rein versus Free reign
  • Began versus Begun
  • Year Old versus Year-Old
  • Pass time versus Pastime
  • Is Is a Verb?
  • Angel versus Angle
  • Bear with me versus Bare with me
  • Deep-Seated versus Deep-Seeded
  • Criteria versus Criterion
  • Greatful versus Grateful
  • Breath versus Breathe
  • Nauseous versus Nauseated
  • Slander versus Libel
  • Bear versus Bare
  • Loss versus Lost
  • Lightning versus Lightening
  • Opossum versus Possum
  • Defence versus Defense
  • Brought versus Bought
  • Aid versus Aide
  • Has versus Have
  • How to Quote a Quote
  • Freshman versus Freshmen
  • Seen versus Saw
  • Smelled or Smelt
  • Sometime versus Some Time
  • I versus Me
  • Everything versus Every thing
  • Whose versus Who’s
  • Funner versus More Fun
  • Anymore versus Any more
  • Whoa versus Woah
  • Catsup versus Ketchup
  • Y’all versus Ya’ll
  • Gage versus Gauge
  • Whisky versus Whiskey
  • How You Can Teach English in China
  • Zee versus Zed
  • Zombi versus Zombie

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