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Word Confusion: Altar versus Alter
by Kathy Davie Don’t alter that altar! You never know if the ancestors will get upset! Almost as upset as an editor might get if you confuse these two words…*grin*…! Seriously though, there is a big difference between an altar … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Gage versus Gauge
by Kathy Davie Yet another word I thought I knew…sigh… Of course, in my defense, I’ve only ever seen gage used in medieval histories when a knight would thrown down his gage as an insult to another, demanding the person … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Fewer versus Less
by Kathy Davie Image courtesy of the Language Log It’s a question of count versus mass. If you can count how many—vacuum cleaners, apples, werewolves, quilts, etc.—it’s a countable noun. Looking at bolts of fabric at a fabric store, at … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Farther versus Further
by Kathy Davie You’ll go farther on your trip if you think further ahead and pack the basics. And, I’ll confess that neither farther nor further crops up often enough for me to keep the difference in my head; I’m … Continue reading
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A Hodgepodge of Bits & Pieces for Mid-May 2013
by Kathy Davie In General Riffle, the Goodreads Alternative Judith Rosen at Publishers Weekly writes of Riffle, a social media book discovery tool, as a Goodreads alternative, and she has so much to say about the site, that you should … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Fair versus Fare
by Kathy Davie O fair maiden! How fare thee this day? is a nice way of telling a female she’s lookin’ good and asking how she’s doing today. Now what if I turned this around with O fare, maiden! How … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Every Day versus Everyday
by Kathy Davie Image courtesy of John Muldoon’s Write Every Day As a writer, do you imagine yourselfwriting every day orbeing an everyday writer? I know…big deal, right? But consider the following: He went every day to work interpreted as … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Assure vs Ensure vs Insure
Image courtesy of Grammatical Art This is a typographic print you can buy on Etsy. And no, it’s nothing to do with me. It was just perfect for this blog post. Well, assure may be a verb, but you’ll notice … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Envelop versus Envelope
One teeny letter can make such a difference. It almost seems unfair. What’s worse is both words indicate an enfolding, a wrapping of something with something (or someone) else. The first can lead to a restraining order while ya just … Continue reading
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A Hodgepodge of Useful Bits & Pieces for May 2013
I’m trying a minor change in the layout. The Contents of This Post (TOC) is intended to provide a quick look at what’s in this newsletter, with an even quicker way to get to it! However, it can get distressingly … Continue reading
