_Liable_ for _Likely_. "Man is liable to err." Man is not liable to
err, but to error. Liable should be followed, not by an infinitive,
but by a preposition.

_Like_ for _As_, or _As if_. "The matter is now like it was." "The
house looked like it would fall."

_Likely_ for _Probably_. "He will likely be elected." If likely is
thought the better word (and in most cases it is) put it this way: "It
is likely that he will be elected," or, "He is likely to be elected."

_Line_ for _Kind_, or _Class_. "This line of goods." Leave the word to
"salesladies" and "salesgentlemen." "That line of business." Say, that
business.

_Literally_ for _Figuratively_. "The stream was literally alive with
fish." "His eloquence literally swept the audience from its feet." It
is bad enough to exaggerate, but to affirm the truth of the
exaggeration is intolerable.

_Loan_ for _Lend_. "I loaned him ten dollars." We lend, but the act of
lending, or, less literally, the thing lent, is a loan.

_Locate_. "After many removals the family located at Smithville." Some
dictionaries give locate as an intransitive verb having that meaning,
but--well, dictionaries are funny.

_Lots_, or _a Lot_, for _Much_, or _Many_. "Lots of things." "A lot of
talk."