on between the two
words is that the past tense of _lie_ is _lay_:

I lie down to sleep. I lay the book on the table.
I lay there yesterday. I laid it there yesterday.
I have lain here for hours. I have laid it there many times.

=_Like_ and _as_ or _as if_.= _Like_ is in good use as a
preposition, and may be followed by a noun; _as_ is in good use
as a conjunction, and may be followed by a clause. "He is tall
like his father." "He is tall, as his father is." "It looks _as
if_ (not _like_) it were going to rain."

=_Lose_ and _loose_.= _Lose_ means _to cease having_; _loose_ as
a verb means _to set free_, and as an adjective, _free, not
bound_.

=_Majority_ and _plurality_.= In a loose sense, _majority_ means
the _greater part_. More strictly, it means the number by which
votes cast for one candidate exceed those of the opposition. A
_plurality_ is the excess of votes received by one candidate
over his nearest competitor. In an election A receives 500
votes; B, 400 votes; and C, 300 votes. A has a plurality of
100, but no majority.

=_Practical_ and _practicable_.= _Practical_ means _not
theoretical_; _practicable_ means _capable of being put into
practice_. "A practical man." "The arrangement is
practicable."

=_Principal_ and _principle_.= _Principal_ as an adjective means
_chief_ or _leading_; _principle_ as a noun means a _general
truth_. _Principal_ as a noun means a _sum of money_, or the
_chief official of a school_.

=_Proof_ and _evidence_.= In a law court, _proof_ is _evidence
sufficient to establish a fact_; _evidence_ is _whatever is
brought forward in an attempt to establish a fact_. "The
evidence against the prisoner was extensive, but hardly proof
of his guilt." In ordinary speech, _proof_ is sometimes loosely
used as a synonym for _evidence_.

=_Pseudo-_ and _quasi-_.= As a prefix, _pseudo-_ means _false_;
_quasi-_ means literally _as if_, hence _seeming_, _so-called_.
"Phrenology is a pseudo-science." "A quasi-evolutionary
doctrine."

=_Quiet_ and _quite_.= _Quiet_ is an adjective meaning _calm_,
_not noisy_; _quite_ is an adverb meaning _entirely_.

=_Respectfully_ and _respectively_.= _Respectfully_ means _in a
courteous manner_; _respectively_ means _in a way proper to