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Preaching to the choir

Preaching to people who already believe the same thing.

homogenous vs. homogeneous

homogenous and homogeneous are now used interchangeably

http://grammarist.com/usage/homogenous-homogeneous/

Alright

Most grammarians believe "alright" is not a word. You should always use "all right".

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/all-right-versus-alright?page=1

Goodnight vs. good night

Argument that "goodnight" is wrong and "good night" is correct: https://jasondrexler.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/say-good-night-to-goodnight/

Flat adverbs -- adverbs without "ly"

Example: take it easy, sleep tight, burn bright

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_adverb

"Meantime" vs "mean time"

"Meantime" seems preferable to "mean time". "Mean time" is an astronomical term used in cases like Greenwich Mean Time

Why "Birthday" in "Happy Birthday" is capitalized

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22993/should-it-be-happy-birthday-or-happy-birthday-when-used-as-a-two-word-sent

Who vs. Whom

See http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html. Who acts like a subject. Whom acts like an object.

Who is that masked man?
The men, four of whom are ill, were indicted for fraud.

Use he/him as a substitute for who/whom as a simple test.

Worst comes to worst

Full expression: if the worst comes to the worst

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9141/worse-comes-to-worst-or-worst-comes-to-worst