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Commonly Confused Words: Lose vs. Loose
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What a difference a letter makes. Change a k to an h, and a sweet goodnight kiss becomes a terrifying goodnight hiss (not…
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What Are Squinting Modifiers?
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Reconnecting with an old friend, I asked how her life had changed since I last saw her. “Well,” she said,…
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Commonly Confused Words: Beside vs. Besides
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Well, it happened again! The English language has thrown another curveball, and it comes in the guise of a simple…
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Commonly Confused Words: Is It Alot or A Lot?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Commonly Confused Words: There vs. Their vs. They’re
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Nothing will raise more of an uproar on the Internet than using there, their, and they’re the wrong way. If…