Correspondence or correspondence means an exchange of letters or emails, or the letters themselves--
His firm plans to publish the correspondence of the famous author.
Their correspondence doesn't mention the sale of any property.
Correspondence also means agreement; similarity--
There seems to be little correspondence between what he says and what he does.
The correspondence between the two sets of data is obvious.
Correspondents or correspondents ( rhymes with correspondence ) is the plural ( more than one ) of "correspondent", meaning one party to an exchange of letters or mail, including a business partner or reporter--
The correspondents wrote to each other for decades, but they never met in person.
They are both foreign correspondents for a New York newspaper.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The correspondents threatened to sue if the publisher printed their correspondence."
Words that sound the same when we speak may actually be two different words--which matters when we write them down. Spellcheck cannot help with this--it will show each word and the writer has to choose--to disambiguate them, if you will. I intend to update this daily, with another set of words it is possible to confuse, beginning with the simplest and most important. Questions and comments are welcome.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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