There’s a lot to consider when you’re looking for a literary translator to translate your novel. After all, you’ve poured your heart and soul into your book and now you’re paying someone to transform your work into a whole other language so a new group of readers can enjoy it.

Anyone references no person in particular while any one refers to a single person which makes up a group. If you are unsure which version to use, if you can replace the word with “any”, then you would use any one instead of anyone.

Both amount and number mean quantity or amount. Amount is used with mass nouns (small, large) while number is used with count nouns (five, those).

Both amiable and amicable mean friendly, but amiable refers to people while amicable references relationships.

Altogether means completely or totally, while all together references unity of time or place.

Amend refers to making minor changes, while emend means to remove mistakes from something, such as a text.

Alternate and alternative as nouns have the same meaning. Alternate is more popular in North America while you’re more likely to find alternative used in UK English.

Altar refers to a table used in religious ceremonies while alter is a verb meaning change in character or composition.

All ready refers to preparation while already refers to time.

Allusion means to hint at something without explicitly naming it, while reference means to mention something.

Allude means to hint at something indirectly while elude means to escape or avoid. Illude, on the other hand, means to trick or delude.

While some say that alright is technically incorrect or non-standard, it’s perfectly fine to use alright in your writing, especially if your characters speak informally. If you’re writing a formal document or your characters speak formally, all right is a better option.

Aid can be a verb which means to help or a noun which means assistance. Aide, on the other hand, is a noun which refers to a helper or assistant.

Afterward means at a later time, while afterword is a concluding section of a book.

Affect is a verb meaning to influence or have an affect on something, while effect is a noun meaning a change resulting from an action. While effect can also be a verb, it’s likely the word you’re looking for is affected.

Adverse means to either prevent progress or be harmful, while averse refers to having a strong dislike or opposition to something. Adverse often refers to things instead of people but averse refers to people.

Adopted refers to the process of legally taking and bringing up a child or animal as one’s own. However, adopted can’t be used to refer to the ones doing the adopting. Adoptive should be used instead, which refers to the relationship by adoption.

Both admission and admittance mean the process of entering or being allowed to enter a place or organisation. Admission is often used figuratively while admittance has a more limited usage referring to physical entry.