Commonly Confused Words: Is It Alot or A Lot?
So, you went down a home renovation / DIY rabbit hole on TikTok, and you have so many amazing new…
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Commonly Confused Words: Cite vs. Site vs. Sight
If you want to cite a site in your research paper for your academic degree, you’ll first have to get your sight checked so that you…
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Commonly Confused Words: So vs. Sew vs. Sow
Once upon a time in a land far away, I was a high school English teacher. When reading essays, I…
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Commonly Confused Words: Diffuse vs. Defuse
I hate being wrong. So much, in fact, that I often look up even the simplest words or concepts before making…
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Commonly Confused Words: Passed vs. Past
One of the best things about the English language is that some pairs of words sound identical, right? Wrong. From pray and prey to there, they’re, and their,…
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What Is — and Where Is — the Direct Object in a Sentence?
What’s the best Christmas or Chanukah gift you’ve ever received? For me, it was Captain Power, Christmas 1987. Sure, the PowerJet…
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Commonly Confused Words: Eminent vs. Imminent vs. Immanent
If you want to write a ghost story about an eminent astrologist with an immanent belief in an imminent asteroid strike, think again! Most people get…
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Commonly Confused Words: Led vs. Lead
The question of whether to use led vs. lead is a conundrum that can trip up even experienced writers. The reason for the difficulty…
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What Is a Dependent Clause and How Is It Used?
Without you, a dependent clause would be out there in the world, lost and alone. Sentences would lack much-needed descriptions,…
