Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them:
FAINT / FEINT
As a verb, the word faint means lose consciousness due to lack of blood flow to the brain; the verb feint means deceive or make a pretense of.
INCORRECT: I feel dizzy like I might feint.
CORRECT: I feel dizzy like I might faint.
INCORRECT: Watch that boxer faint with his right then jab with his left.
CORRECT: Watch that boxer feint with his right then jab with his left.
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