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                                               ensure or insure or assure?  farther or further?  their or there?  eminent or imminent?  then or than?  bring or take?  proscribe or prescribe?  accept or except?  adverse or averse?  rational or rationale?  penultimate or ultimate?  statute or statue?  extant or extent?  your or you're?  advice or advise?  principal or principle?  stationary or stationery?  capitol or capital?  moral or morale?  parameter or perimeter?  respectfully or respectably or respectively?  complement or compliment?  administer or administrate?  affect or effect?  apprise or appraise?  continual or continuous?  envelop or envelope?  illicit or elicit?  prognosis or diagnosis?  libel or slander?  intimate or imitate or intimidate?  persecute or prosecute?  ordinance or ordnance?  it's or its?  former or latter?  biannual or biennial?  disinterested or uninterested?  discrete or discreet?  amount or number?  home or hone?                    

Do you know what languages these words originated from?

Here's a hint to get you started:  the term Hamburger comes from German, because this type of meal was associated with the German port of Hamburg, through which many immigrants came to the United States.

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