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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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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
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 He went to … 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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Word Confusion: Eminent vs. Immanent vs. Imminent
The confusion is most common between eminent and imminent; I’m throwing immanent in simply because it is so close to imminent. Different images leap to mind when I encounter each of these words: eminent is a large EM swollen and … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: Accidentally versus Accidently
Image courtesy of Demotivated Posters This is one of my issues. I had thought for years that accidently was the proper term, and when I ran across an explanation for why publically simply didn’t work, I decided to investigate. A … Continue reading
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To Cap or Not to Cap: Honorifics
It’s a question of capitalization—and the number of Sirs I see capped in text drives me up the wall, scratching and clawing, snarling and biting. And, no, the capped Sir is not the only problem child. To be honest, it … Continue reading
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Word Confusion: ‘Em, ‘Er, ‘Im…
Image courtesy of Steve Fielderat the Saluda Coon Dog Days No disrespect intended. I simply wanted an image that would drive home the colloquial aspect. I tend to find that the problems most authors have with these colloquialisms is punctuation … Continue reading
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