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Word are tricky things. Take ‘if’ and ‘whether’, for example. Sometimes these terms are interchangeable....
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For today’s blog post, we’re putting on our best suit and tie. That’s because we’re...
One word or two? It can be a vital distinction, such as with ‘altogether’ and...
Following up on our previous post about the future tense, we thought we should take...
A prefix can make a big difference to a word. With ‘dissatisfied’ and ‘unsatisfied’, the...
‘Buy’ and ‘bring’ are obviously different words. However, their past tense forms are only one...
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They look similar written down and sound the same when spoken, so it’s no surprise...
Depending on the word, the letters ‘c’ and ‘s’ can both make the same sound....
‘Lead’ sounds exactly the same as ‘led’, which is the past tense of ‘lead’. However,...
‘Route’ and ‘rout’ are pronounced differently in Australian English (which isn’t always the case in...
Sometimes we think the Americans are messing with English just to confuse the rest of...
Who do you call when two words sound the same and you can’t tell them...