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Ideally, all words would be clearly distinct in spelling and pronunciation. In practice, there are...
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Mix ups over when to use ‘that’ and ‘which’ are common, especially among those for...
In our ‘Word Choice’ posts, we typically focus on homophones (i.e. words that sound similar...
‘Assume’ and ‘presume’ are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct meanings. So although both...
‘History’ is a relatively simple word used to refer to the past. It is also...
In spoken English, it’s common to pronounce ‘into’ and ‘in to’ in the same way....
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Words with similar spellings and pronunciations, like ‘premier’ and ‘premiere’, can be confusing. So here...
Dating back to a time when tunics were in fashion, ‘tortuous’ and ‘torturous’ both come...
Even native English speakers get ‘compliment’ and ‘complement’ confused. And since they’re only separated by...
The word ‘begin’ (meaning ‘start’) rarely causes confusion in the present tense. However, when it...
If a cupboard is full of pencils and lacks wheels, it’s both ‘a stationery cupboard’...
Like ‘who’ and ‘whom’, the words ‘whose’ and ‘who’s’ are often confused due to sounding...