Commonly Confused Words: Ambience vs. Ambiance
The fireplace is dancing and crackling as large fluffy snowflakes make their way to the ground outside my window. The…
The fireplace is dancing and crackling as large fluffy snowflakes make their way to the ground outside my window. The…
The articles I’ve written so far about commonly confused words have been really easy, except this one. I guess I’ll just have to accept that I’m…
If I said that I feel badly, would you tell me to eat a cup of chicken noodle soup and…
The 1980 movie “Airplane!” has a famous scene in which two members of the flight crew are trying to convince…
“Because I work at home, I never have to shower.” “Since I work at home, I never have to shower.”…
Although I got my undergraduate degree in English education, I am often averse to openly correcting people’s grammar. In the…
Writers love to play with homophones; for example, consider this sentence: “Charles looked for years to find the perfect addition to…
While on vacation, have you ever had the capital idea to visit your nation’s capitol building and wander around the…
Allusion vs. illusion can often cause confusion because these words not only sound very similar when spoken, they are almost…