Are You Sure It’s Ensure?
Don’t you hate it when two words not only sound alike (homophones) but also have similar meanings? What’s a writer…
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I May Be Wrong, Maybe
It seems a lot of writers use maybe in the place of “may be” a bit too often, maybe. The…
The Principal Principle
Here are two more words writers often confuse: principal and principle. Principal means first in authority. Or a main participant,…
Anyone Want Some Free Reins?
I come across this from time to time: the mix-up over the homophones rein and reign. Just why is that…
Are You a Who or a That?
I sometimes get asked when to use who vs. that in a sentence. These two words are relative pronouns that…
Mind Other People’s Business
What’s a writer to do when she needs to make a normally plural word possessive? Words like others, people, children,…
Stay Inside the Quote Marks
Unless you are writing British (UK) style, always put commas and periods within the quotation marks in speech. I’m not…
It’s Not Rocket Science!
After coming across the non-word its’ (with an apostrophe) for the nth time, I decided I needed to make a statement…
The Danger of Misuse Is Imminent
I give extra Brownie points to writers who can keep these three words straight: imminent, eminent, and immanent. Maybe you…
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