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One letter can be the only difference in spelling between two words with importantly distinct...
The English language has always changed with use, so these days most dictionaries treat ‘nauseous’...
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It’s easy to get ‘then’ and ‘than’ mixed up if English isn’t your first language,...
As much as we love the English language, it is a bit confusing sometimes. ‘Hear’...
Homophones are words with the same pronunciation, but different spellings and/or meanings. The English language...
It’s common for words that share an origin to be similar in spelling. ‘Rational’ and...
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The tendency in English for common words to look similar on paper is a curious...
Almost everyone uses email these days, bypassing the need to write on paper and then...
Usually, our Word Choice posts focus on two similar sounding words. Today, we decided to...
‘Qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ aren’t exactly opposites, but they do describe very different research approaches used...
Some grammarians get quite worked up about ‘on to’ and ‘onto’, insisting that ‘on’ and...
Homonyms – words which sound and look alike but differ in meaning – are tricky...